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Full name John James Ferris
Born May 21, 1867, Sydney, New South Wales
Died November 17, 1900, Addington, Durban, Natal, South Africa (aged 33 years 180 days)
Major teams Australia,England,Gloucestershire,New South Wales,South Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm bowler
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
17
4
114
20*
8.76
0
0
0
4
0
First-class
198
328
56
4264
106
15.67
1
15
91
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
16
2302
775
61
7/37
13/91
12.70
2.01
37.7
4
6
1
First-class
198
38396
14250
812
8/41
17.54
2.22
47.2
63
11
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 28-31, 1887 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v England at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 1892 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1886/87 - 1897/98
Profile
JJ Ferris was a deadly left-arm swing bowler who played Test cricket for Australia and England. In his eight Tests for the Aussies, Ferris wreaked havoc alongside Charlie Turner. His first act as a Test player was to bowl England out for 45, at Sydney in 1886-87, when he and Turner bowled unchanged. He later settled in England, for whom he played one Test, at Cape Town in 1891-92. Ferris took 13 for 91 in the match (he took 263 wickets on the tour) and ended up with 61 wickets at the amazing average of 12.70. He was only 33 when he died of enteric fever in Durban in 1900 during the Boer War where he was serving with the British army.
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