Jon Atkinson
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| Full name | Jonathon Colin Mark Atkinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1968 Butleigh, Somerset, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Father, Colin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1990 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 10 August 1985 Somerset v Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 6 July 1990 Cambridge University v Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 1 September 1985 Somerset v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 5 August 1990 Somerset v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 April 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathon Colin Mark Atkinson (born 10 July 1968) was an English cricketer. He was born at
Family
His mother was Shirley Atkinson and his father was Colin Atkinson, who was the headmaster of Millfield School between 1971 and 1986; he has two siblings, David and Sally. His father Colin had himself played cricket for Somerset between 1960 and 1967 and had captained the team between 1965 and 1967.
Cricket career
In 1985, Atkinson was a 17-year-old pupil at Millfield when he made his first-class debut for Somerset.
It is reported that he was due only to watch the match at Weston-super-Mare against Northamptonshire, but found he was playing.[2] He made 79 and shared in a seventh wicket partnership of 177 with Ian Botham in just 31 overs; Atkinson hit three sixes and 11 fours.[3]
He retained his place in the Somerset side to the end of the season and played in a few matches for Somerset in the summer of 1986 when he left school, but he was unable to repeat the success of his first game, and the 79 remained his highest score in first-class cricket. He was, however, picked for the
Atkinson played mostly second eleven cricket in 1987, but in 1988 he returned to first-class cricket at
References
- ^ "Jon Atkinson". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ISBN 1-872971-23-7.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Northamptonshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 August 1985. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Scorecard: England Young Cricketers v Sri Lanka Toung Cricketers". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 August 1986. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Scorecard: Surrey v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 15 June 1988. Retrieved 4 April 2011.