Jack Birkenshaw
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Full name | Jack Birkenshaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rothwell, Leeds, Yorkshire, England | 13 November 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 25 January 1973 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 5 April 1974 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 2 (1986–1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 6 (1983–1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2019 |
Jack Birkenshaw, MBE (born 13 November 1940)[1] is a former English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated, "Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer: a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile, a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog, a dependable fielder and great competitor."[1]
Lean times at Yorkshire and Leicestershire
Born on 13 November 1940,[2] in Rothwell, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Birkenshaw attended John Lawrence cricket school at Rothwell from the age of seven, and when aged 14 he appeared for Rothwell Grammar School and Yorkshire Schools. He was also a stand-off in the school rugby team. He played cricket for Lofthouse, Farsley and Leeds.
Birkenshaw played a single
For a long while Birkenshaw's performances for Leicestershire were rather disappointing. In his first six years at the club he never took more than 27 wickets in a season, and he had to rely on some useful lower-order contributions with the bat to keep his place in the side. He earned a place in the history books by playing (exclusively as a batsman) in the pioneering
Breakthrough and England recognition
In 1967, Birkenshaw took 111 wickets – in the previous six seasons combined he had managed 102 in total – at an average of only 21.41. He took five in an innings on five occasions, including 7–86 against Sussex, and gained selection for the International XI that toured Pakistan in the winter. 1968 proved another good season for Birkenshaw, as he again took 100 wickets, and punished Sussex again: this time with the bat as he made 101 not out. He made two more centuries the following year, but surprisingly for a man who passed fifty on 57 occasions in first-class cricket, he was to reach three figures just once more in his career. The years between 1969 and 1972 saw Birkenshaw record solid statistics, taking 69, 63, 89 and 90 wickets in successive seasons, and in 1972 he achieved his career-best bowling of 8–94 against Somerset.
Such performances attracted the interest of the
Despite another decent domestic season in 1973, Birkenshaw was omitted from the England side for both series that summer (against
Later career and retirement
He played on for Leicestershire for a number of years, helping them win the County Championship in 1975, making his fourth and final first-class hundred, and recording his best bowling figures in one-day cricket, taking 5–20 against
Birkenshaw finished with Leicestershire in 1980, but had one final season in the game with
After retirement, Birkenshaw became an
Birkenshaw was appointed
References
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ "Jack Birkenshaw MBE re-elected as Club President". Leicestershire CCC. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 14.
- ^ "Henry Cecil is the toast of horse racing after being awarded a knighthood". Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.