Batting style Right-handed Name John Steele 1938–1939 Army | 1938–1939 Hampshire Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Cricket Player | |
Full name John William Jackson Steele Born 30 July 1905 ( 1905-07-30 ) Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, England Died March 29, 1990, Powderham Castle, United Kingdom | ||
John William Jackson Steele (30 July 1905 – 29 March 1990) was an English cricketer. Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Steele first represented Hampshire while staying in Winchester as an Army Chaplain, having made a name playing for the Army cricket team. Steele made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire, a match in which he scored his highest first-class score of 44. During the same year Steele played for Hampshire against the touring Australians, who featured the great Don Bradman.
Steele would represent Hampshire in seventeen first-class matches until July 1939, with his final first-class match coming against Northamptonshire. Steele was a handy lower order batsman, scoring 406 runs at an average of 16.91. With his medium pace Steele took 57 wickets at an average of 26.64 with best bowling figures of 6-62.
Steele also represented the Army in two first-class matches against Oxford University in 1938 and Cambridge University in 1939.
With the onset of the Second World War first-class cricket was stopped, bringing an end to Steele's career.