- Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
name = Bernard Bosanquet
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-handed batsman (RHB)
bowling style =Leg break ,googly
tests = 7
test runs = 147
test bat avg = 13.36
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 27
test balls = 970
test wickets = 25
test bowl avg = 24.16
test 5s = 2
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 8/107
test catches/stumpings = 9/0
FCs = 235
FC runs = 11,696
FC bat avg = 33.41
FC 100s/50s = 21/63
FC top score = 214
FC balls = 26,559
FC wickets = 629
FC bowl avg = 23.80
FC 5s = 45
FC 10s = 11
FC best bowling = 9/31
FC catches/stumpings = 190/0
debut date = 11 December
debut year = 1903
last date = 5 July
last year = 1905
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9158.htmlBernard James Tindal Bosanquet (
October 13 ,1877 -October 12 ,1936 ) was an Englishcricket er, perhaps most renowned as the inventor of thegoogly (sometimes called the "Bosie" or, inAustralia , the "Wrong'un" ).Bosanquet was born in
Bulls Cross, Enfield ,Middlesex , representedUxbridge Cricket Club and made 120 for Eton v Harrow before becoming an undergraduate atOriel College, Oxford in 1896. He gained three Blues as a batsman forOxford University Cricket Club and went on to play forMiddlesex County Cricket Club . He was also captain ofOxford University Ice Hockey Club during their first varsity match.
= The Googly=A great games player (he represented Oxford at throwing the hammer and billiards), Bosanquet would partake in a game called 'Twisti-Twosti', which involved bouncing a tennis ball on a table and spinning it in such a manner that one's opponent could not catch it. From this frivolity, according to Bosanquet's own recollections in his latter years, originated the googly: the ball that resembled a
leg break but turned into the right-handed batsman. At the beginning of his career he had bowled at medium to fast before turning to wrist-spin.He played seven Test matches for
England between 1903/04 and 1905, his 6-51 in the second innings ofThe Ashes in 1903/4 put England 3-1 up to win. He was named as aWisden Cricketer of the Year in 1904. In 1905 atTrent Bridge his 8-107 secured one of the two England wins which held the trophy. He headed the national batting averages in 1908, which included scoring 214 in 195 minutes. [Encyclopedia of Cricket, p170]Bosanquet died in Wykehurst, Ewhurst, Surrey in October 1936, aged 58. His son,
Reginald Bosanquet , was a well knownITN newsreader.Notes
References
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title = The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket
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isbn = 978-1-86200-470-2External links
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9158.html Cricinfo page on Bernard Bosanquet]
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