John Cuffe

John Cuffe

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = John Cuffe
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Slow left arm orthodox
FCs = 221
FC runs = 7,476
FC bat avg = 22.25
FC 100s/50s = 4/39
FC top score = 145
FC balls = 41,065
FC wickets = 738
FC bowl avg = 25.45
FC 5s = 33
FC 10s = 7
FC best bowling = 9-38
FC catches/stumpings = 127/0
debut date = 26 December
debut year = 1902
last date = 25 August
last year = 1914
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/5/5804/5804.html CricketArchive

John Alexander Cuffe (26 June 1880 - 5 May 1931) was an Australian-born English cricketer who played more than 200 times in first-class cricket for Worcestershire between 1903 and 1914, having previously made a single appearance for New South Wales. After retiring from county cricket, he stood as an umpire for three years in the 1920s. He also played at least once as a professional for Lowerhouse in the Lancashire League. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/96/96726.html | title=Accrington v Lowerhouse in 1924 | accessdate=2007-05-03 | publisher=CricketArchive]

Born in Coonamble, New South Wales, Cuffe made his first-class debut for that state side, against Queensland at Sydney on Boxing Day 1902. He made 5 and 25 with the bat, and took the single wicket of Charles Patrick. This was the only time Cuffe played in a first-class match outside England. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/5/5804/f_Batting_by_Ground.html | title=First-class Batting and Fielding On Each Ground by John Cuffe | accessdate=2007-05-03 | publisher=CricketArchive] (He did turn out for Worcestershire against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park in 1910, but this game did not have first-class status.)

Cuffe then came to England, making his Worcestershire debut against Oxford University at The Parks in May 1903. He was not yet qualified to appear in the County Championship, but also played against Cambridge University and the Philadelphians that season, scoring 91 against the latter side. He again turned out three times in 1904, playing once each against the universities and appearing also against the touring South Africans, claiming 5-58 in an innings defeat of Oxford.

For the ten seasons from 1905 to 1914, Cuffe was a regular part of the Worcestershire side, and he made a career-best 145 against Hampshire in the first of those years. On three occasions — 1906, 1908 and 1911 — he passed 1,000 first-class runs in a season, while in 1907 and 1911 he obtained his hundred wickets. His "double" in 1911 consisted of 1,054 runs at 25.70 (even though he made no score greater than 78) and 110 wickets at 23.56. His best bowling figures (9-38) were achieved against Yorkshire at Bradford in 1907, but in the above-mentioned minor game against Glamorgan in 1910 he returned the extraordinary first-innings analysis of 8.1-4-5-9. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/97/97032.html | title=Glamorgan v Worcestershire in 1910 | accessdate=2007-05-03 | publisher=CricketArchive] Also in 1910, he performed the hat-trick against Hampshire at Bournemouth. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8290.html | title=Hampshire v Worcestershire in 1910 | accessdate=2007-05-03 | publisher=CricketArchive]

In what turned out to be the last three years of his first-class career, 1912 to 1914, his bowling continued to be quite productive with at least 50 wickets in each summer. Indeed, he took 11-163 in the match against Gloucestershire as late as July 1914. His batting, however, declined, and in 99 first-class innings he made only three half-centuries. Cuffe's final first-class game came against Sussex at Eastbourne in late August 1914. In a two-day innings defeat he scored 10 and did not bowl a ball; his career ended sadly when he was absent hurt in the second innings. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9443.html | title=Sussex v Worcestershire in 1914 | accessdate=2007-05-03 | publisher=CricketArchive]

Cuffe did not reappear in first-class cricket after the First World War. After playing in the Lancashire League, he stood in 66 first-class matches, all between 1925 and 1927. He accepted a position as coach at Repton School, but died in Burton-on-Trent at the age of only 50, having drowned. [Obituary. "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" 1932.]

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