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Full name Charles William Jeffrey Athey
Born September 27, 1957, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
Current age 50 years 329 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire,Suffolk,Sussex,Worcestershire,Yorkshire
Nickname Jeckyl, Bumper, Wingnut
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Acklam Hall High School
Relations Brother-in-law - CR Cook
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
23
41
1
919
123
22.97
2373
38.72
1
4
93
0
13
0
ODIs
31
30
3
848
142*
31.40
1495
56.72
2
4
54
4
16
0
First-class
467
784
71
25453
184
35.69
55
126
429
2
List A
459
439
48
13240
142*
33.86
12
89
171
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
31
1
6
10
0
-
-
-
10.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
467
4810
2673
48
3/3
55.68
3.33
100.2
0
0
List A
459
1596
1399
47
5/35
5/35
29.76
5.25
33.9
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 28-Sep 2, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 21-26, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 16, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976 - 1997
List A span
1976 - 2002
Profile
Bill Athey probably never really fulfilled his potential in the Test arena.
His 23 Test appearances were spread over eight years, which tells a story in
itself; he was often dropped and recalled, which always makes it difficult
for a player to find the consistency he needs. He made his debut in the
Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980 and eight years later appeared in the Bicentenary Test in Sydney, one of only three England players to feature in both games - John Emburey and Mike Gatting being the others. One-day internationals provided him with richer pickings. Athey hit two centuries and top-scored for England before being run out in their World Cup final defeat against Australia at Calcutta in 1987. He was suspended for playing in South Africa in 1990, but the suspension was remitted two years later. Athey made his debut for his native Yorkshire in 1976 before moving to Gloucestershire in 1984. He captained the side in 1989 and scored four hundreds in successive innings while there. In 1993 he moved to Sussex, and passed 25,000 first-class runs when he made an unbeaten century against Somerset in 1997. He retired at the end of that season and joined Worcestershire as coach but left New Road at the end of 2000.
Graham Holburn
