Richard Jefferson (cricketer)

Richard Ingleby Jefferson (born 15 August 1941 in Frimley Green, Surrey) was a professional cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club.

Richard Jefferson

Personal information
Full name	Richard Ingleby Jefferson
Born	15 August 1941 Frimley Green, Surrey, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Julian Jefferson (father) Will Jefferson (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1961	Cambridge University
1961–1966	Surrey
1963	Marylebone Cricket Club
1968–1971	Norfolk
1969	Minor Counties
1972	Minor Counties North
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 94 12 Runs scored 2,094 112 Batting average 19.75 10.18 100s/50s 2/6 –/1 Top score 136 55 Balls bowled 17,326 798 Wickets 263 13 Bowling average 27.56 33.15 5 wickets in innings 10 – 10 wickets in match 1 – Best bowling 6/25 3/44 Catches/stumpings 32/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 March 2019

The son of Brigadier Julian Jefferson, Jefferson was educated at Winchester College[1] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He won a blue but left after a year. He went on to play a couple of seasons for Surrey before illness in 1965 curtailed his first-class career. He subsequently played for Norfolk, before taking a Certificate in Education and teaching in a private school. [2]

A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed bat, he was mentioned in a 1981 article by John Arlott on the best English cricketers never to have played for England. Arlott wrote that "he may well have been the greatest loss to English cricket in the post-war period".[3]

He is the father of the cricketer Will Jefferson.

References

• Richard Jefferson at ESPNcricinfo

1. Gauntlett, Michael. "Richard Jefferson - 'The Last of the Great Amateurs'". The Cricket Society. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
2. Winchester College Register
3. The best who never by John Arlott from Cricinfo