Martin Young (cricketer)

Martin Young

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm slow
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	475	2
Runs scored	24555	22
Batting average	30.69	11.00
100s/50s	40/113	0/0
Top score	198	21
Balls bowled	208	-
Wickets	4	-
Bowling average	43.00	-
5 wickets in innings	0	-
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	2-35	-
Catches/stumpings	178/0	1/0
Source: Cricket Archive,

Douglas Martin Young (April 15, 1924 - June 18, 1993) was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. He was a right-handed opening batsman.

Young scored 23400 runs in his career with Gloucestershire, including 40 hundreds. His most prolific year came in 1959 when he managed 2090 runs. It was the second time that he had passed 2000 runs in a season, having also done so in 1955. In 1962 he put on 395 with Ronald Nicholls against Oxford University which remains the highest first class opening stand by Gloucestershire.

External links

• Cricket Archive
• Gloucestershire batting records

Persondata
Name	Young, Martin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 15, 1924
Place of birth
Date of death	June 18, 1993
Place of death