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Full name John Selby
Born July 1, 1849, Nottingham
Died March 11, 1894, Standard Hill, Nottingham (aged 44 years 253 days)
Major teams England,Nottinghamshire
Also known as birth registered as John Burrows
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
12
1
256
70
23.27
0
2
0
1
0
First-class
222
355
25
6215
128*
18.83
4
27
128
4
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
222
436
188
5
2/27
37.60
2.58
87.2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 15-19, 1877 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 10-14, 1882 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1870 - 1887
Profile
A middle-order batsman, John Selby played professionally for Nottinghamshire between 1870 and 1887 and in 1878 he heading the averages with 938 runs at average of 31.82. Selby toured Australia in 1876-77 and 1881-82, playing a total of six Test matches on those tours, including the first of all at Melbourne in March 1877, and he also toured North America in 1879. Like many contemporaries, he became a pub landlord on retirement, but his financial dealings were unsuccessful. He died after suffering a paralytic stroke.
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