John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
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John Richard Eyre is a former English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Derbyshire
from 1963 to 1967.
Eyre was born in Glossop
. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961. His first-class cricketing career began in 1963, but in three innings in two matches in mid season he made only three runs, and when he reappeared in a single match at the end of the season he did not bat at all. He played just one match in the 1964 season, but was a fairly regular first-team choice in the 1965 season and the 1966 season. However his batting average was less than 16 runs per innings and he passed fifty only once in each season.
In 1967, he made the only century of his county career in the match against Lancashire
at Old Trafford, but a month later he was out of the team, and he did not regain his place. He continued in the Second XI until 1968 when he also turned out in the Gillette Cup.
Eyre was a right-handed batsman and played 84 innings in 48 matches with an average of 14.92 and a top score of 106. He also played two innings in two one day matches and mad a top score of 38. He was an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler and took one first class wicket at the cost of 248 runs.
Eyre's son, Damian Eyre
, played Second XI cricket for Derbyshire between 1983 and 1990 and later played List A cricket for the Lancashire Cricket Board.
England
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
from 1963 to 1967.
Eyre was born in Glossop
Glossop
Glossop is a market town within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield. Glossop is situated near Derbyshire's county borders with Cheshire, Greater...
. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961. His first-class cricketing career began in 1963, but in three innings in two matches in mid season he made only three runs, and when he reappeared in a single match at the end of the season he did not bat at all. He played just one match in the 1964 season, but was a fairly regular first-team choice in the 1965 season and the 1966 season. However his batting average was less than 16 runs per innings and he passed fifty only once in each season.
In 1967, he made the only century of his county career in the match against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
at Old Trafford, but a month later he was out of the team, and he did not regain his place. He continued in the Second XI until 1968 when he also turned out in the Gillette Cup.
Eyre was a right-handed batsman and played 84 innings in 48 matches with an average of 14.92 and a top score of 106. He also played two innings in two one day matches and mad a top score of 38. He was an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler and took one first class wicket at the cost of 248 runs.
Eyre's son, Damian Eyre
Damian Eyre (cricketer)
Damian Richard Eyre is a former English cricketer. Eyre was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Glossop, Derbyshire....
, played Second XI cricket for Derbyshire between 1983 and 1990 and later played List A cricket for the Lancashire Cricket Board.