Jeffrey Tolchard
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Jeffrey Graham Tolchard is a former English
cricket
er and footballer. Tolchard was a right-handed batsman
who bowled right-arm medium pace
and who occasionally kept wicket
. As a footballer, Tolchard played for Torquay United
, Exeter City
and Loughborough
. He was born in Torquay
, Devon
.
in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire
. He played Minor counties matches for Devon until 1969. His debut in List A cricket came in Devon's first List A match in the 1969 Gillette Cup
against Hertfordshire
.
After playing for the Leicestershire Second XI
for a number of seasons, Tolchard made his first-class
debut for Leicestershire
in the 1970 County Championship
against Yorkshire
. His List A debut for Leicestershire also came in 1970 against Hampshire
in the 1970 John Player League
. Tolchard played 77 first-class matches and 40 List A matches until till the end of the 1977 season
, which was his final season with Leicestershire. His first-class batting records for Leicestershire were those of a somewhat inconsistent batsman; indeed he did not average above 30 in any of his 7 seasons with Leicestershire, with his final season in 1977 yielding his highest season average of 28.62. In his seven seasons with Leicestershire, he scoered 1,863 runs at an average
of 20.25, with nine half centuries and a high score of 78. In List A cricket he scored 349 runs at an average of 20.52, with a high score of 46*
.
Following his departure from Leicestershire, Tolchard rejoined his native county of Devon for the 1978 season
. Two seasons later, in 1980, he played for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
, playing twelve List A matches for the team up to 1983. He also represented the Minor Counties in a single first-class match in 1981 against the touring Sri Lankans. Tolchard opened the batting in the Minor Counties first-innings, scoring 2 runs before having to retire hurt. He continued to represent Devon in Minor Counties cricket, even playing a single MCCA Knockout Trophy
match in 1983 against Buckinghamshire
in 1983. His final Minor Counties Championship match had come in the previous season, although his final List A match did come in 1983, in a NatWest Trophy
match against his former county.
(1963–1965), Exeter City
(1965–1966) and Loughborough United.
, played Test cricket
for England and his youngest brother, Ray
, had a List A career with Devon. Tolchard's nephew, Roger Twose
, played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand, having emigrated there. Richard Twose
, also his nephew, played for Devon. Ray's son Sam Tolchard plays lawn bowls for England and represented England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and footballer. Tolchard was a right-handed batsman
Batting (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...
who bowled right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
and who occasionally kept wicket
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
. As a footballer, Tolchard played for Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
, Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
and Loughborough
Loughborough F.C.
Loughborough Athletic and Football Club were an English football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, that played in The Football League at the end of the 19th century.-History:...
. He was born in Torquay
Torquay
Torquay is a town in the unitary authority area of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay. Torquay’s population of 63,998 during the...
, Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
.
Cricket career
Tolchard made his debut for DevonDevon County Cricket Club
Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He played Minor counties matches for Devon until 1969. His debut in List A cricket came in Devon's first List A match in the 1969 Gillette Cup
1969 Gillette Cup
The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969...
against Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
After playing for the Leicestershire Second XI
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
for a number of seasons, Tolchard made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
in the 1970 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. His List A debut for Leicestershire also came in 1970 against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1970 John Player League
1970 John Player League
The 1970 John Player League was the second competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second consecutive year by Lancashire County Cricket Club.-Standings:-Batting averages:-Bowling averages:...
. Tolchard played 77 first-class matches and 40 List A matches until till the end of the 1977 season
1977 English cricket season
The 1977 English cricket season was played out in the aftermath of the Kerry Packer affair. Geoffrey Boycott returned to Test cricket and managed to time things so that he scored his 100th career century in the Headingley Test...
, which was his final season with Leicestershire. His first-class batting records for Leicestershire were those of a somewhat inconsistent batsman; indeed he did not average above 30 in any of his 7 seasons with Leicestershire, with his final season in 1977 yielding his highest season average of 28.62. In his seven seasons with Leicestershire, he scoered 1,863 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 20.25, with nine half centuries and a high score of 78. In List A cricket he scored 349 runs at an average of 20.52, with a high score of 46*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
.
Following his departure from Leicestershire, Tolchard rejoined his native county of Devon for the 1978 season
1978 English cricket season
The 1978 English cricket season was played amidst growing concerns about the impact of World Series Cricket. On the domestic front, Kent was the most outstanding county team despite Alan Knott and Derek Underwood having joined WSC.-Honours:...
. Two seasons later, in 1980, he played for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
, playing twelve List A matches for the team up to 1983. He also represented the Minor Counties in a single first-class match in 1981 against the touring Sri Lankans. Tolchard opened the batting in the Minor Counties first-innings, scoring 2 runs before having to retire hurt. He continued to represent Devon in Minor Counties cricket, even playing a single MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
match in 1983 against Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
in 1983. His final Minor Counties Championship match had come in the previous season, although his final List A match did come in 1983, in a NatWest Trophy
1983 NatWest Trophy
The 1983 NatWest Trophy was the 3rd NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 June and 3 September 1983. The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Kent County Cricket Club by 24 runs in the final at...
match against his former county.
Football career
Tolchard played football for Torquay UnitedTorquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
(1963–1965), Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
(1965–1966) and Loughborough United.
Personal life
Tolchard has been described as coming from a sports mad family. His brother, RogerRoger Tolchard
Roger William Tolchard is an English former cricketer, who played in four Tests and one One Day International for England in the late 1970s.-Life and career:Tolchard was a wicket-keeper...
, played Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for England and his youngest brother, Ray
Ray Tolchard
Raymond 'Ray' Charles Tolchard was an English cricketer and umpire. Tolchard was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Torquay, Devon.-Cricket career:...
, had a List A career with Devon. Tolchard's nephew, Roger Twose
Roger Twose
Roger Graham Twose played 16 Tests and 87 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the mid-1990s.Born in England, Twose moved to play in New Zealand in 1991-92, as it became clear he would struggle to ever force his way into the England side...
, played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand, having emigrated there. Richard Twose
Richard Twose
Richard Twose was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Devon. He was born in Torquay.Twose, who made his debut for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship in 1985, made his only List A appearance in the 1988 NatWest Trophy, against Nottinghamshire...
, also his nephew, played for Devon. Ray's son Sam Tolchard plays lawn bowls for England and represented England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
.
External links
- Jeffrey Tolchard at ESPNcricinfo
- Jeffrey Tolchard at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...