deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 1,642 6 july 1996 1 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 1947 & ndash ; 1949 2012 28 august 1920 & ndash ; right-arm off break england carshalton , surrey , england sussex 2 right-handed gordon thomas hurst kenley , surrey , england first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15072.html cricinfo 1920 8 28 yes 27 28 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 9 gordon hurst -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

gordon hurst -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

gordon thomas hurst -lrb- 26 august 1920 -- 6 july 1996 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
hurst was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break .
he was born at kenley , surrey .
hurst made his first-class debut for sussex against cambridge university at fenner 's in 1947 .
he made eight further first-class appearances for the county , the last of which came against gloucestershire in the 1949 county championship .
hurst 's role within the sussex team was a bowler , with him 28 wickets in his nine first-class matches , at an average of 27.14 , with best figures of 6/80 .
he took two five wicket hauls , with his best figures coming against warwickshire in 1947 .
with the bat , he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 3.00 , with a high score of 9 .
a shoulder injury limited his appearances while at sussex .
he died at carshalton , surrey , on 6 july 1996 .
