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Full name John Thomas Murray
Born April 1, 1935, North Kensington, London
Current age 73 years 190 days
Major teams England,Middlesex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
28
5
506
112
22.00
1
2
2
52
3
First-class
635
936
136
18872
142
23.59
16
84
1268
259
List A
149
136
19
2281
75*
19.49
0
8
164
33
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
635
341
243
6
2/10
40.50
4.27
56.8
0
0
List A
149
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jun 8-13, 1961 scorecard
Last Test
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 27-Aug 1, 1967 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1952 - 1975
List A span
1963 - 1975
Profile
John Murray was one of cricket's greatest stylists - a wicketkeeper whose gloves, palms uppermost before each ball, traced flowing semi-circles, one the mirror image of the other; and a batsman who it sometimes seemed would rather lose his wicket than make an ugly stroke. But appearances were deceptive. Murray, a talkative west Londoner, not only made spectacular catches standing back, but after Harold Stephenson of Somerset brought off more stumpings than any keeper since the war, including a high number of leg-side ones from Fred Titmus's offbreaks. His world record of 1527 wicketkeeping dismissals stood for a decade until Bob Taylor surpassed it. As a batsman "JT" specialised in elegant thirties. But against West Indies at The Oval in 1966, his 112 (from No. 8) enabled England, trailing 3-0 in the series, to save face with an innings win. John Thicknesse
