John Badcock
Cricket Player
1883 – 1940
Who was John Badcock?
John Badcock was an English cricketer. Badcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast.
Badcock made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1906 County Championship against Surrey.
Badcock played 63 first-class matches for Hampshire, with his debut season being his most successful with 96 wickets at a bowling average of 24.81, with seven five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/61. Indeed, it can be said that Badcock did not have a single bad season with the ball in the three seasons he represented Hampshire, taking 49 wicket at a bowling average of 26.08 in 1907 and 67 wickets at a bowling average of 26.17, with five five wicket hauls and three ten wickets in a match hauls and career best figures of 8/44 against Sussex.
Badcock's final match for Hampshire came in the 1908 County Championship against Gloucestershire at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth. In Badcock's 63 first-class matches for the county he took 212 wickets at a bowling average of 25.53, with twelve five wicket hauls, three ten wicket hauls in a match and best figures of 8/44.
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