John Snow (cricketer)

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = John Snow
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
balls = true
tests = 49
test runs = 772
test bat avg = 13.54
test 100s/50s = -/2
test top score = 73
test overs = 12021
test wickets = 202
test bowl avg = 26.66
test 5s = 8
test 10s = 1
test best bowling = 7/40
test catches/stumpings = 16/-
ODIs = 9
ODI runs = 9
ODI bat avg = 4.50
ODI 100s/50s = -/-
ODI top score = 5*
ODI overs = 538
ODI wickets = 14
ODI bowl avg = 16.57
ODI 5s = -
ODI 10s = -
ODI best bowling = 4/11
ODI catches/stumpings = 1/-
date = 1 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20282.html

John Augustine Snow (born 13 October, 1941) was a prominent cricketer who played for Sussex and England during the 1960s and 1970s.

Snow was born in Peopleton, Worcestershire, and educated at Christ's Hospital and Chichester High School for Boys. He began his career as a batsman, but later developed as a bowler. He first played first-class cricket in 1961 and made his Test debut in 1965. The highlight of his Test career was the Ashes series of 1970-71, when he did more than any other member of Ray Illingworth's team to achieve victory in Australia.

Although a quiet man off-field with a deep interest in poetry, he was best known for his formidable and aggressive fast bowling, which got him into several scrapes. In 1971 at Lord's, he "barged" Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar in an attempt at a run-out, the incident getting him temporarily dropped from the England side. Commenting on the incident thirty years later, Gavaskar said, "In 1971, during a Test match, I collided with England fast bowler John Snow and lost my bat. Snow picked it up and handed it to me. But at the time, many papers wrote that Snow had flung the bat at me. It all depends on your point of view, or what you are trying to portray..."

In 49 Tests over 11 years, Snow took 202 wickets at an average of 26.66. His top Test score as a batsman was 71. He was selected as one of Wisden's cricketers of the year in 1973 and retired from all forms of the game in 1980.

Autobiography
*"Cricket Rebel" (1976)

External links

* [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/S/SNOW_JA_01001270/ Cricinfo Player Profile: John Augustine Snow]