John Slack
Cricket Player
1930 – 2012
Who was John Slack?
John Kenneth Edward Slack DL was an English cricketer and judge. He was born at Marylebone, London.
A right-handed batsman, Slack made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Middlesex in 1954. He played 6 further first-class matches for the University in that year, the last coming against Oxford University. In his 7 first-class matches, he scored 434 runs at a batting average of 31.00, with two half centuries and a single century high score of 135. This came on debut against Middlesex.
Slack later joined Buckinghamshire, making his debut for the county in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk. Slack played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1964 to 1969, which included 40 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. In this match he scored 8 runs, before being dismissed by Fred Titmus. Slack captained the county in this match.
Outside of cricket he played rugby for Middlesex. By profession he was a solicitor, working for many years in London.
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