John Gareth Hughes (born 3 May 1971) is a former English cricketer. Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Leaving Northamptonshire at the end of the 1997 season, he proceeded to join Bedfordshire for the 1998 season. He made his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Surrey Cricket Board. Between 1998 and 2001, he made 24 Minor Counties Championship appearances[7] and sixteen MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[8] He made his first List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against Glamorgan, and between 1998 and 2001 he made nine further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Devon in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001 to avoid fixture congestion the following season.[5] In his ten List A appearances for Bedfordshire, he took 8 wickets at an average of 39.37, with best figures of 3/17,[6] while with the bat he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 30.[9]
Referencesedit
^"First-Class Matches played by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, 1994 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ abc"List A Matches played by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ ab"List A Bowling For Each Team by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^"List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
john, hughes, cricketer, born, 1971, john, gareth, hughes, born, 1971, former, english, cricketer, hughes, right, handed, batsman, bowled, right, medium, pace, born, wellingborough, northamptonshire, john, hughespersonal, informationfull, namejohn, gareth, hug. John Gareth Hughes born 3 May 1971 is a former English cricketer Hughes was a right handed batsman who bowled right arm medium pace He was born in Wellingborough Northamptonshire John HughesPersonal informationFull nameJohn Gareth HughesBorn 1971 05 03 3 May 1971 age 52 Wellingborough NorthamptonshireBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1990 1997Northamptonshire1998 2001BedfordshireCareer statisticsCompetition First class List AMatches 20 21Runs scored 128 119Batting average 5 33 9 91100s 50s 0 0 0 0Top score 17 30Balls bowled 2 725 758Wickets 37 14Bowling average 43 83 43 215 wickets in innings 1 010 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 5 69 3 17Catches stumpings 5 3 Source Cricinfo 31 October 2011Hughes made his first class cricket debut for Northamptonshire against Surrey in the 1990 County Championship He made nineteen first class appearances for the county the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1997 County Championship 1 A bowler Hughes took 37 wickets at an average of 43 83 with best figures of 5 69 2 These figures his only five wicket haul came against Hampshire in 1994 3 A tailend batsman Hughes scored 128 runs at a batting average of 5 33 with a high score of 17 4 He made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League He made nine further List A appearances for Northamptonshire the last of which came against the touring Australians in 1997 5 He took 6 wickets in his ten matches which came at an average of 43 83 and best figures of 2 39 6 While playing for Northamptonshire he also undertook university studies in doing so he appeared once for the Combined Universities in the 1994 Benson amp Hedges Cup 5 Leaving Northamptonshire at the end of the 1997 season he proceeded to join Bedfordshire for the 1998 season He made his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Surrey Cricket Board Between 1998 and 2001 he made 24 Minor Counties Championship appearances 7 and sixteen MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances 8 He made his first List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against Glamorgan and between 1998 and 2001 he made nine further List A appearances for the county the last of which came against Devon in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham amp Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001 to avoid fixture congestion the following season 5 In his ten List A appearances for Bedfordshire he took 8 wickets at an average of 39 37 with best figures of 3 17 6 while with the bat he scored 77 runs at an average of 12 83 with a high score of 30 9 References edit First Class Matches played by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 First class Bowling For Each Team by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 Hampshire v Nottinghamshire 1994 County Championship CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 First class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 a b c List A Matches played by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 a b List A Bowling For Each Team by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hughes CricketArchive Retrieved 31 October 2011 External links editJohn Hughes at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Hughes cricketer born 1971 amp oldid 1197183663, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
