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| Full name | Frederick John Durston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1893 Clophill, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 April 1965 (aged 71) Norwood Green, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast, off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick John Durston (11 July 1893 – 8 April 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex and England. He is a member of the Middlesex Hall of Fame.
Cricket career
A tall fast bowler with the ability to make the ball "break back" after pitching, Durston came to the fore in Middlesex's County Championship-winning seasons of 1920 and 1921, having played only a handful of matches before then. In both years, he took more than 100 wickets and after taking 11 wickets for MCC against the all-conquering 1921 Australian team led by Warwick Armstrong, he was picked for the second Test match on his home ground, Lord's. But though he took five wickets for 136 runs in the match, he was dropped and never played for England again.
Durston played for Middlesex until 1933, turning increasingly to off-spin as he got older and stouter. In all, he took 1,314 wickets. His batting improved with age and in 1927 he shared an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 160 – scored in only 80 minutes – with Patsy Hendren against Essex at Leyton that remained as a Middlesex record until 2011.
Durston ran an indoor cricket school at Acton in London from 1924 to 1958.
Football career
Durston also played football as a goalkeeper for Royal Engineers, Queens Park Rangers, Brentford, Northfleet United and Bedford Town.
The Hackney Gazette Newspaper reported that the Brentford registered goalkeeper Corporal Jack Durston made 2 appearances for Clapton Orient during the December holiday period of 1917 both against Chelsea. On Christmas Day at Chelsea in a 4–1 defeat and on Boxing Day a 2–1 defeat at Millfields, Homerton. Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, honorary historian of nearly fifty years to Leyton Orient FC.
Personal life
Durston served with the Royal Engineers during the First World War.
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 88. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jack Durston". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 69. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ "Middlesex County Cricket Club". www.middlesexccc.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Wisden – Fred Durston". Cricinfo. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 51–52. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ "2nd Test, Australia tour of England at Lord's, Jun 11-14 1921". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Berg and Murtagh put Middlesex on brink". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b "'Long Jack' played in only one Test", The Cricketer, 7 May 1965, p. 31.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Player list 1908-38X.xlsx". google.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
External links
- Jack Durston at ESPNcricinfo
- Jack Durston at Cricket Archive