Fred Titmus
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| Born | November 24, 1932 Somers Town , England |
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| Died | March 23, 2011 at the age of 78 |
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| Batting style | Right handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right handed off spin bowler | |||
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| National team |
 England
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| Test debut | 23rd June 1955 v South Africa
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| Last test | January 30, 1975 v Australia
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| ODI debut | March 8, 1975 v New Zealand
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| Last ODI | March 9, 1975 v New Zealand
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| Years | team | |||
| Middlesex | ||||
| Surrey | ||||
| Orange Free State | ||||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Game form | Testing | First class | LA | ODIs |
| Games | 53 | 792 | 149 | 2 |
| Runs (total) | 1,449 | 21,588 | 1.038 | 11 |
| Batting average | 22.29 | 23.11 | 13.48 | 11.00 |
| 100s / 50s | 0/10 | 6/105 | - | - |
| Highscore | 84 * | 137 * | 41 | 11 |
| Balls | 15,118 | 173.489 | 7.126 | 56 |
| Wickets | 153 | 2,830 | 159 | 3 |
| Bowling Average | 32.22 | 22.37 | 25.66 | 17.66 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 7th | 168 | 3 | - |
| 10 wickets in play | 0 | 26th | - | - |
| Best bowling performance | 7-79 | 9-52 | 5/25 | 3/53 |
| Catches / stumpings | 35/0 | 473/0 | 34 / - | 1/- |
| Source: Cricinfo , January 1, 2016 | ||||
Frederick John Titmus (born November 24, 1932 in Somers Town , London , † March 23, 2011 ) was an English test cricketer . Mainly known as an excellent off-spin bowler, he was also an accomplished lower-order batsman , so he can be considered an all-rounder . He was even the opening batsman for England six times . Titmus was also a very good football player and was a professional with Watford for some time ; in the juniors he had already played for Chelsea .
Early years
In the first team of his school he played at the age of 13 and came to the team of the MCC at sixteen , for which he completed his first first-class game against Somerset in June 1949 .
1950 was his first full season in county cricket for the Middlesex County Cricket Club , in which he hit 55 wickets , including 7-34 against the minor counties . His military service in 1951 and 1952 severely restricted his playing opportunities, although he was partially able to compete for the Combined Services . From 1953 he could then be fully used again for Middlesex and achieved a 3-digit success rate for the first time this season with 105 wickets, which he should achieve a total of 16 times in his career.
Career
After a strong game for the MCC against South Africa , in which he reached 8 wickets for 43 runs in the second innings , he made his debut for England in the second Test at Lord's . However, he only achieved one wicket and was unsuccessful as a batsman in both innings. After it was not very convincing in the next test at Old Trafford , it was not placed again, although at least it took part with the MCC on a tour to Pakistan the following winter.
Between 1956 and 1962 he managed the double of 100 wickets and 1000 runs in the season every year except 1958 . His best year as a batsman was 1961 when he scored 1793 runs with an average of 37.02. He beat a Century and 14 Half Centuries.
Despite his good form and the end of Jim Laker's career in 1959, the best English spin bowler of his time, it was not until 1962 that Titmus was able to play for England again in two Tests against Pakistan . That season he had his personal best of 9 for 52 against Cambridge University and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for the next year . On the following Ashes tour 1962-63 he achieved his highest First Class Century with 137 not not against South Australia. He played in all five Tests and scored more wickets than any other English bowler.
He remained a regular for England for the next five years. In 1964 he was together with Geoff Boycott even the English opening batsman against Australia in Trent Bridge after John Edrich was injured. Middlesex was also a captain for his county between 1965 and 1968 .
On the 1967-68 tour in the West Indies , on which he was vice-captain for the first time, he got his foot in the propeller of a motorboat while swimming in Barbados , shortly before the third test, and lost four toes. But he was able to play again for Middlesex in 1968 and had a very successful season with 111 wickets and even led the batting average of his team. His national team career seemed to be over, however.
Although his batting performance deteriorated significantly in the next few years, from 1969 he only scored six 50s and one 112 against Warwickshire in 1976, he remained an important pillar of his team as a bowler and achieved at least 57 wickets each year.
For the Ashes 1974/75 he was surprisingly set up again and played in four of the five tests in Australia, but he only achieved 7 wickets. That winter he played against New Zealand in his only two one-day internationals of his career.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Frith: Fred Titmus obituary . Guardian. March 23, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Cricketer of the Year 1963 - Fred Titmus ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Titmus, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Titmus, Frederick John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Somers Town , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2011 |