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Giles Toogood
Personal information
Full name
Giles John Toogood
Born (1961-11-19) 19 November 1961 (age 63)
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Right-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995Cambridgeshire
1991–1992Shropshire
1982–1989Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 34 16
Runs scored 1,403 91
Batting average 27.50 5.68
100s/50s 2/6 0/0
Top score 149 18
Balls bowled 2,125 240
Wickets 26 7
Bowling average 45.46 27.14
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match 1 N/A
Best bowling 8/52 6/47
Catches/stumpings 11/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 15 March 2009

Giles John Toogood (born 19 November 1961 in West Bromwich) is a former English cricketer. He was educated at North Bromsgrove High School and Oxford University.[1]

He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler who played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University between 1982 and 1989. Later, he played minor counties cricket for Shropshire in 1991 and 1992 while playing at club level for Barnt Green,[2] and, briefly, Cambridgeshire, appearing at List A level in the NatWest Trophy for both teams.

In 1985, playing in the University Match against Cambridge University at Lord's, Toogood took 8/52 in the first innings (adding another two wickets in the second).[3] This was the best first-class innings return by an Oxford bowler for 61 years, Tom Raikes having claimed 9/38 against the Army in 1924. As of March 2009, Toogood's feat remains the only example of an Oxford player taking seven or more wickets in a first-class innings since Giles Ridley's 7/110 against Gloucestershire in 1965.[4]

He graduated in medicine and works as a surgeon in Yorkshire.[5] Married to Carolyn and has 3 daughters.

Notes

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  1. ^ Percival, Thomas (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 38. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  2. ^ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 38,58.
  3. ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University in 1985". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  5. ^ Dhole, Pradip (31 May 2016). "A too good day for a First-Class cricketer called Toogood!". Cricket Country. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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