John Rice (cricketer)
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John Michael Rice is a retired English
cricketer
who played for Hampshire
from 1971–1982, and briefly from 1983-1984 for Wiltshire
.
Educated at Brockley County Grammar School, Rice was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace
bowler. After appearing for Surrey's
second team in 1970, Rice played 168 first class games and 178 one-day matches for Hampshire, as well as 2 one-day matches for Wiltshire.
Rice had a career as an all-rounder, and was sometimes used as an opening batsman. He scored 5,091 runs and took 230 wickets in first-class matches and 2,397 runs and 189 wickets in one-day cricket. In 1975 Rice shared a stand of 61 for the tenth wicket with Andy Roberts in a one-day match against Gloucestershire
, a Hampshire record for the tenth wicket which remains to this day.
Rice left Hampshire at the end of the 1982 County Championship season, and finally retired from the game in 1984 after a brief spell in Minor Counties cricket with Wiltshire.
English people
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Cricketer
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who played for Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
from 1971–1982, and briefly from 1983-1984 for Wiltshire
Wiltshire County Cricket Club
Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
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Educated at Brockley County Grammar School, Rice was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
bowler. After appearing for Surrey's
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
second team in 1970, Rice played 168 first class games and 178 one-day matches for Hampshire, as well as 2 one-day matches for Wiltshire.
Rice had a career as an all-rounder, and was sometimes used as an opening batsman. He scored 5,091 runs and took 230 wickets in first-class matches and 2,397 runs and 189 wickets in one-day cricket. In 1975 Rice shared a stand of 61 for the tenth wicket with Andy Roberts in a one-day match against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, a Hampshire record for the tenth wicket which remains to this day.
Rice left Hampshire at the end of the 1982 County Championship season, and finally retired from the game in 1984 after a brief spell in Minor Counties cricket with Wiltshire.