John Pugh (cricketer)
John Geoffrey Pugh (22 January 1904 – 14 February 1964) was an English cricketer. Pugh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Coventry, Warwickshire, and was educated at Rugby School.
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Full name | John Geoffrey Pugh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Coventry, Warwickshire, England | 22 January 1904||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 February 1964 60) Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tom Pugh (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922–1927 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2012 |
Pugh made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Northamptonshire at Edgbaston in the 1922 County Championship. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1927 County Championship. In his nine first-class matches, he scored a total of 82 runs at an average of 9.11, with a high score of 41. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 34.33, with best figures of 4/100.
He died at Hastings, Barbados, on 14 February 1964. His nephew, Tom Pugh, also played first-class cricket.