deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country death_place fivefor batting name lasttestyear birth_place column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
642 24 january 2011 1 13/3 1953 6 april 1928 0 right arm off-break english peakhurst , sydney , australia 0 right-handed batsman noel hughes 1954 zetland , sydney , australia first-class true 16 may http://cricketarchive.co.uk/archive/players/30/30451/30451.html cricketarchive 1928 4 6 y 651 1953 10 26 august 0/1 21 noel hughes

noel hughes

noel keith hughes -lrb- 6 april 1928 - 24 january 2011 -rrb- was a retired australian-born english cricketer who played 21 first-class games , all for worcestershire , in the 1950s .
he was born in zetland , sydney .
hughes played minor cricket for new south wales colts , scoring 69 and 60 not out against queensland colts in 1951-52 , but his first-class debut came in may 1953 when he appeared for worcestershire against cambridge university at fenner 's .
he played purely as a batsman , as the keeper 's spot was taken by george mills , making one of his two first-class appearances .
hughes made 1 and 15 * .
his only other first-class outing that season came in june , when he played against oxford university at worcester .
this time he was behind the stumps , and gained his first stumping when he accounted for jonathan fellows-smith .
hughes played 19 matches for the county in 1954 , and had reasonable success .
as well as taking 13 catches and making two stumpings , he hit 566 runs at an average of 23.58 .
however , though he contributed a number of thirties and forties , he reached his half-century only once , when he scored 95 against essex at worcester .
he was designated as wicket-keeper in only four of the games he played in 1954 , and when not occupied behind the stumps he sent down over 100 overs , claiming ten wickets with his off-spin .
he did not play first-class cricket after that season .
his son graeme hughes played for new south wales for a few years in the 1970s , but found more success in rugby league .
