Russell Inglis
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Russell Inglis was an English
cricket
er. Inglis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
. He was born in Consett
, County Durham
.
Inglis made his debut for Durham
against the Warwickshire Second XI
in the 1956 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1956 to 1973, making 130 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
. He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Essex
in the 1973 Gillette Cup
. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 152 runs at an average
of 19.00, with a high score of 47. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average
of 41.50, with best figures of 1/23. By the time serious illness led to an early retirement from the game, Inglis had scored 6,457 runs for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship, at the time a county record. He captained
Durham in 1972.
He also played first-class cricket
for the Minor Counties during his career. His first-class debut came against the touring South Africans in 1965. He made 2 further first-class appearances for the team, against the touring Pakistanis in 1967, and the touring West Indians in 1969. In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 91 runs at an average of 18.20, with a high score of 43. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 12.00, with best figures of 2/2.
Inglis died from a heart attack at Chester-le-Street
on 28 April 1982. His place of death is given as Chester-le-Street in his obituary in the 1983 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
, although authoritative sites ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive
have his place of death as Gosforth
, Northumberland
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Inglis was a right-handed batsman who bowled 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....
. He was born in Consett
Consett
Consett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 .Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground was coking coal and...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
.
Inglis made his debut for Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham 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 Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
against the Warwickshire Second XI
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in the 1956 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1956 to 1973, making 130 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
1964 Gillette Cup
-Second round:-----------------------------Quarter-finals:-------------Semi-finals:-----Final:-External links:* from CricketArchive...
. He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex 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 Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in the 1973 Gillette Cup
1973 Gillette Cup
The 1973 Gillette Cup was the eleventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 30 June and 1 September 1973...
. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 152 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 19.00, with a high score of 47. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 41.50, with best figures of 1/23. By the time serious illness led to an early retirement from the game, Inglis had scored 6,457 runs for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship, at the time a county record. He captained
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
Durham in 1972.
He also played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for the Minor Counties during his career. His first-class debut came against the touring South Africans in 1965. He made 2 further first-class appearances for the team, against the touring Pakistanis in 1967, and the touring West Indians in 1969. In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 91 runs at an average of 18.20, with a high score of 43. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 12.00, with best figures of 2/2.
Inglis died from a heart attack at Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...
on 28 April 1982. His place of death is given as Chester-le-Street in his obituary in the 1983 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
, although authoritative sites ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive
CricketArchive
CricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
have his place of death as Gosforth
Gosforth
Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, to the north of the city centre. Gosforth constituted an urban district from 1895 to 1974, when it became part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of 23,620...
, Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
.
External links
- Russell Inglis at ESPNcricinfo
- Russell Inglis at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...