John Steele (cricketer, born 1905)

John Steele

Personal information
Full name	John William Jackson Steele
Born	(1905-07-30)30 July 1905 Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, England
Died	Powderham, Devon, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1938–1939	Hampshire
1938–1939	Army
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 19 Runs scored 434 Batting average 16.69 100s/50s –/– Top score 44 Balls bowled 3,672 Wickets 66 Bowling average 25.90 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/62 Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009

John William Jackson Steele (30 July 1905 – 29 March 1990) was an English cricketer. Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Steele first represented Hampshire while staying in Winchester as an Army Chaplain, having made a name playing for the Army cricket team. Steele made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire, a match in which he scored his highest first-class score of 44. During the same year Steele played for Hampshire against the touring Australians, who featured the great Don Bradman.

Steele would represent Hampshire in seventeen first-class matches until July 1939, with his final first-class match coming against Northamptonshire. Steele was a handy lower order batsman, scoring 406 runs at an average of 16.91. With his medium pace Steele took 57 wickets at an average of 26.64 with best bowling figures of 6-62.

Steele also represented the Army in two first-class matches against Oxford University in 1938 and Cambridge University in 1939.

With the onset of the Second World War first-class cricket was stopped, bringing an end to Steele's career.

External links

• John Steele at Cricinfo
• John Steele at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for John Steele