Philip Spray

Philip Henry Spray (born 28 September 1945) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1967 and 1968. He became a schoolteacher.

Philip Spray

Personal information
Full name	Philip Henry Spray
Born	28 September 1945 Bedford, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1967–1968	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 135 Batting average 12.27 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 54 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2017

Life and career

Cricket

Born in Bedford, Philip Spray attended Bedford School, where he captained the First XI and batted successfully at Lord's for The Rest and Combined Schools in 1964.[1] He played five matches for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship between 1964 and 1973.[2]

He went up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and played nine matches for Oxford University in 1967 and 1968 without establishing a place in the side. Oxford won only one match in those two seasons, against Somerset in 1967 when, in his second match for the university, Spray scored 54, the second-highest score of the match for either side.[3]

Teaching

He became a geography teacher and senior master at Caldicott School in Buckinghamshire. He also coached the cricket team. One of the pupils he coached was Andrew Strauss, who went on to captain the England Test team.[4]

References

1. Wisden 1965, pp. 343–44, 753.
2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Philip Spray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
3. "Oxford University v Somerset 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
4. "Recent alumni: Andrew Strauss". Caldicott School. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

External links

• Philip Spray at ESPNcricinfo
• Philip Spray at CricketArchive (subscription required)