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Full name John Augustine Snow
Born October 13, 1941, Peopleton, Worcestershire
Current age 66 years 330 days
Major teams England,Sussex,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
49
71
14
772
73
13.54
0
2
4
16
0
ODIs
9
4
2
9
5*
4.50
41
21.95
0
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
346
451
110
4832
73*
14.17
0
11
125
0
List A
182
133
39
1209
57
12.86
0
2
34
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
49
93
12021
5387
202
7/40
10/142
26.66
2.68
59.5
12
8
1
ODIs
9
8
538
232
14
4/11
4/11
16.57
2.58
38.4
2
0
0
First-class
346
60958
26695
1174
8/87
22.73
2.62
51.9
56
9
List A
182
8882
4855
251
5/15
5/15
19.34
3.27
35.3
8
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 17-22, 1965 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 22-27, 1976 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 18, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1961 - 1977
List A span
1963 - 1980
Profile
For eight years from the mid-1960s John Snow was, by some margin, England's best fast bowler. If he'd been Australian he would have been an automatic pick for every Test when fit. But he was strong-willed and difficult, and, being subject to the whims of English panels of selectors, he won only 49 Test caps. Even more absurdly, he went on only three tours. He was dropped twice in unusual circumstances: by Sussex for "not trying", and by England for barging India's Sunil Gavaskar off his feet at Lord's in 1971. Gavaskar, the non-striker, had crossed Snow's running line in going for a quick single after the ball had been pushed towards mid-on. Two years earlier, in Pakistan, Snow had cost himself another cap by bowling fast bouncers at Tom Graveney, the vice-captain, on a dangerous net pitch in Lahore the day before a Test. The son of a Church of England clergyman, Snow was a strange mixture altogether. Away from cricket, until he mellowed, he could be unapproachable. But his artistic flair was manifest in two published books of poetry, and in retirement he unexpectedly set up a successful travel agency. For England he reached his peak in West Indies and Australia, where his 31 Test wickets in 1970-71, combined with 1305 runs from Boycott and Edrich, were Ray Illingworth's main weapon in winning back the Ashes. In rhythm, accuracy, pace and possession of a vicious bouncer, Snow had much in common with Glenn McGrath of Australia as a spearhead. But in one respect they widely differed: Snow never needed to resort to sledging to make a batsman feel uncomfortable. His air of menace said it all.
John Thicknesse
