About John Spanswick
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 83). John Spanswick was a British cricketer.
John George Spanswick (30 September 1933 – 15 October 2016) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in the 1950s. Spanswick was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Folkestone in Kent and was educated at Whitgift School.
Spanswick made his first-class debut for Kent against Middlesex in the 1955 County Championship. He made 15 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1956. In his 16 first-class appearances for Kent, he took 36 wickets at an average of 32.63, with best figures of 4/64. He scored a total of 135 runs at an average of 6.42, with a high score of 24.
Spanswick died on 15 October 2016 at the age of 83.
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John Spanswick was born on 30 September 1933 in Folkestone.
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John Spanswick died on 15 October 2016.
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