Ken Biddulph

Ken Biddulph
Personal information
Full name
Kenneth David Biddulph
Born(1932-05-29)29 May 1932
Chingford, London, England
Died7 January 2003(2003-01-07) (aged 70)
Amberley, Gloucestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955–1961Somerset
1962–1972Durham
FC debut13 July 1955 Somerset v Worcestershire
Last FC11 August 1961 Somerset v Glamorgan
List A debut4 May 1964 Durham v Hertfordshire
Last List A19 July 1972 Durham v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 91 5
Runs scored 468 1
Batting average 6.78 1.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 41 1*
Balls bowled 15,070 366
Wickets 270 5
Bowling average 27.61 33.80
5 wickets in innings 10 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/30 3/20
Catches/stumpings 37/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 May 2010

Kenneth David Biddulph (29 May 1932 – 7 January 2003) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1955 and 1961, and later appeared in List A cricket matches while playing Minor Counties cricket for Durham between 1962 and 1972.[1] He was born in Chingford, Essex and died at his home in Amberley, Gloucestershire.[2]

Ken Biddulph was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. Colin McCool, who played alongside Biddulph on the Somerset side of the late 1950s, was not complimentary about Biddulph's abilities as an opening bowler in his ghosted book Cricket is a Game (1960)[citation needed], though Biddulph took a total of 162 wickets over the 1959 and 1960 seasons.

  1. ^ "Ken Biddulph". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Former Somerset bowler Ken Biddulph has died". www.cricinfo.com. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2010.