Richard Hughes (cricketer)
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Richard Clive Hughes is a former English
cricketer
who played 11 first-class
games for Worcestershire
in the early 1950s. He was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys.
Hughes made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against the Combined Services
at New Road
in May 1950; in the second innings he took 3-38, which was to remain his career best innings return. His victims were Wilfred Payton
, Anthony Thackara and Michael Ainsworth
, the last-named being a capped Worcestershire player himself. Hughes played no other first-class cricket in 1950, although he did appear several times for the county's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.
The 1951 season saw Hughes play ten more games for Worcestershire, but with limited success: his 12 wickets cost him
over 53 runs apiece, while in nine innings he scored a mere 43 runs, almost half of them courtesy of the career-best 21 he made against Surrey
in June. His last game was against Somerset
at the end of August, in which his only wicket was that of Edward Lester.
England
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cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played 11 first-class
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...
games for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
in the early 1950s. He was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys.
Hughes made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against the Combined Services
Combined Services cricket team
The Combined Services cricket team represents the British armed forces. The team played at first-class level in England for more than forty years in the mid-twentieth century. Their first first-class match was against Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1920, while their last was against Oxford...
at New Road
New Road, Worcester
New Road, Worcester, England, has been the home cricket ground of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896. Immediately to the northwest is a road called New Road, part of the A44, hence the name.- Overview :...
in May 1950; in the second innings he took 3-38, which was to remain his career best innings return. His victims were Wilfred Payton
Wilfred Payton
Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton was an English First-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire.Payton was a right-handed middle order batsman and made 39 hundreds, his first was an innings of 133 against the touring West Indians in 1906. He topped 1000 runs in a season every year from 1921 to...
, Anthony Thackara and Michael Ainsworth
Michael Ainsworth
Michael Lionel Yeoward Ainsworth was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played his county cricket for Worcestershire but also appeared on a number of occasions for Combined Services and Free Foresters....
, the last-named being a capped Worcestershire player himself. Hughes played no other first-class cricket in 1950, although he did appear several times for the county's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.
The 1951 season saw Hughes play ten more games for Worcestershire, but with limited success: his 12 wickets cost him
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
over 53 runs apiece, while in nine innings he scored a mere 43 runs, almost half of them courtesy of the career-best 21 he made against Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
in June. His last game was against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
at the end of August, in which his only wicket was that of Edward Lester.
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