After Gaz and Ralphie shared Warlingham’s wickets a week or so ago, Pos’s curiosity got the better of him and he was wondering how many other times two different Stoke bowlers have taken five wickets in the same innings. Here are his findings, and his comments…
There are 29 matches where this has happened. Oddly there were 17 during the 1960s; but only 6 before 1960 and 6 since 1969.
The pairs of Peter Higgs & Ken Hutchinson and Roy Johns & Brian Meredith each appear 5 times. There are a few games where I looked at the scorecard and thought the other players on that day must have wished for them to let someone else play. There have only been two instances this century:
Here is the full list:
14/05/1921 – Freddie Tabor 4-1-6-5 and Syd White 3.4-0-9-5 v Downside
02/06/1928 – Fred Bolton 9-1-16-5 and L Excell 9-1-25-5 v Gregorians
07/09/1929 – Fred Bolton 9.2-5-5-5 and George Trenchard 9-2-20-5 v Colman
19/07/1941 – Cowper 10-0-41-5 and Kelly 9-1-48-5 v Royal Artillery
01/08/1955 – Jack Massey 12-4-44-5 and Eric Benson 6.4-0-33-5 v Oxshott Village
03/08/1959 – P Chalmers 23.1-7-47-5 and Ollie Hood 25-6-55-5 v Oxshott Village
04/06/1961 – Peter Higgs 16.4-4-37-5 and Ken Hutchinson 16-7-26-5 v Roehampton
18/06/1961 – Peter Higgs 13.1-2-32-5 and Ken Hutchinson 13-5-27-5 v Esher
05/05/1962 – Roy Johns 10-2-15-5 and Brian Meredith 11.2-1-37-5 v St Thomas Hospital
05/08/1962 – Peter Higgs 24.3-9-43-5 and Barry Martin 17-5-31-5 v Avorians
19/08/1962 – Ken Hutchinson 20-7-34-5 and Phil Johnson 10.1-2-31-5 v Ashtead
02/06/1963 – Frank Moore 16.1-4-37-5 and Ollie Hood 16-0-50-5 v Laleham Village
16/06/1963 – Peter Higgs 21.2-5-40-5 and Ken Hutchinson 21-6-43-5 v Esher
05/08/1963 – Peter Higgs 18-8-25-5 and Ken Hutchinson 17.4-10-16-5 v Guildford Strollers
17/08/1963 – Peter Higgs 22-10-29-5 and David Edwards 14-5-24-5 v Armfield
01/08/1964 – Roy Johns 19.2-6-43-5 and R Brackley 15-3-47-5 v Ripley
15/05/1966 – Roy Johns 12-5-17-5 and Brian Meredith 11.4-4-18-5 v NCFT
22/05/1966 – Roy Johns 13-3-32-5 and Brian Meredith 12.1-4-31-5 v Canbury (Kingston)
11/09/1966 – Roy Johns 15.4-3-40-5 and Brian Meredith 15-7-27-5 v CERL
30/07/1967 – Roy Johns 11-2-30-5 and Brian Meredith 10.5-3-17-5 v Drakes
31/08/1968 – Bob Willis 11.5-2-28-5 and David Edwards 11-4-19-5 v Horsley
19/07/1969 – David Edwards 17-5-40-5 and Phil Easton 9.2-2-25-5 v East Horsley
16/08/1969 – Peter Higgs 14.3-2-52-5 and David Edwards 12-1-39-5 v Leatherhead
31/07/1971 – Peter Higgs 11-3-28-5 and Ken Hutchinson 10.4-5-20-5 v Caterham
17/07/1976 – Gordon Cooper 17-2-25-5 and Alistair McMillan 17-2-41-5 v Ottershaw
25/06/1989 – Michael Cooper 9-2-21-5 and Tony Vandensteen 8.2-1-30-5 v Epsom
27/04/1997 – Jeremy Dharmasena 14-4-36-5 and Andrew Hall 5.1-2-9-5 v Australia House
23/06/2012 – Toby Tarrant 18.4-6-30-5 and Tim Handel 19-5-36-5 v Merrow
22/06/2013 – Gary Harkett 19.4-4-38-5 and Ralph Coleman 5-2-14-5 v Warlingham
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