Dick Young
Personal information
Full name
Richard Alfred Young
Born16 September 1885
Dharwad, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died1 July 1968(1968-07-01) (aged 82)
Hastings, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsJohn Young (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 156)13 December 1907 v Australia
Last Test21 February 1908 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1908Cambridge University
1905–1925Sussex
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 2 139
Runs scored 27 6,653
Batting average 6.75 28.80
100s/50s 0/0 11/38
Top score 13 220
Balls bowled 0 150
Wickets 3
Bowling average 38.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/32
Catches/stumpings 6/– 115/29
Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2022

Richard Alfred Young (16 September 1885 – 1 July 1968) was an English sportsman who played both cricket and association football for England.

As a cricketer he played as a wicket-keeper for Sussex County Cricket Club from 1905 to 1925 and for Cambridge University Cricket Club from 1905 to 1908.[1] He represented England in two Test matches on their 1907–08 tour of Australia.[2] Young was a dual international winning a cap for the England amateur international side against Hungary.[1]

Young was born at Dharwad, Kingdom of Mysore in British India in 1885.[1][3] He was educated at Repton School, captaining the school cricketeer in his final two years, before going up to King's College, Cambridge in 1904.[1][4] He won cricket Blues in all four years he was a student. He also played football for the university and played, as an amateur, for Corinthian F.C.[4] His brother was John Young, who also played first-class cricket for Sussex.[1]

Young worked as a teacher of mathematics and cricket at Eton College.[4] He died at Hastings in 1969. He was aged 82.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dick Young". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. "Test matches played by Dick Young". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Dick Young, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Youn, Richard Alfred, Obituaries in 1968, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1969. Retrieved 10 January 2023.


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