Clifford Andrews

Clifford Andrews
Personal information
Full name	Clifford Jack Andrews
Born	6 August 1912; Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Died	11 December 1973 (aged 61); Eastleigh, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	Bill Andrews (brother)
Domestic team information
1938–1948	Hampshire
Career statistics
Matches	7
Runs scored	127
Batting average	14.11
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	29
Catches/stumpings	6/1
	Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009

Clifford Jack Andrews (6 August 1912 — 11 December 1973) was an English first-class cricketer and rugby union player.

Andrews was born at Swindon in August 1912. In Swindon, his father was a publican, but the family moved to Weston-super-Mare in 1921. There he was educated at Weston Grammar School and played club cricket for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club.^[1] Andrews made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire prior to the Second World War, playing against Cambridge University at Southampton in 1938.^[2] During the war, he served as a police officer with the Southampton City Police and was known to play exhibition matches for their cricket team.^[3] Following the war, he returned to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, typically as cover for regular wicket-keeper Neil McCorkell.^[3] In total, he made seven first-class appearances for Hampshire to 1948.^[2] In these, he scored 127 runs at an average of 14.11, with a highest score of 29. As wicket-keeper, he took six catches and made a single stumping.^[4] Outside of cricket, Andrews played rugby union for the Hampshire representative rugby union team,^[5] having played rugby for Hampshire since 1933.^[6] He was the younger brother of the Somerset all-rounder Bill Andrews, and was known in his family as "Jack". Andrews died at his home in Eastleigh in December 1973.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Obituary: Mr J Andrews". Bristol Evening Post. 12 December 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "First-Class Matches played by Clifford Andrews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "A–Z (A7)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Clifford Andrews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
^ Turner, Herbert Kyle (1950). The world's all sports who's who for 1950. Wex Press. p. 69.
^ "A Somerset sportsman". Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser. 13 December 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.