Tony Jorden
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| Full name | Anthony Mervyn Jorden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 January 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Radlett, Hertfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 October 2023 (aged 76) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Monmouth School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1970 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony Mervyn Jorden (28 January 1947 – 20 October 2023) was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket.
Jorden attended Monmouth School before going up to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he represented the university at both rugby union and cricket.[1]
Cricket career
Jorden began playing cricket for the Essex Second XI in 1964 and two years later broke into their County Championship side for the first time. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he went on to take a total of 117 first-class wickets for Essex, at an average of 29.92.[2]
From 1968 until 1970, he proved to be a capable wicket-taker for Cambridge University as well, with 57 first-class wickets at 31.66. He took a career high 50 wickets in the 1968 season, which he spent playing for both Essex and Cambridge University.[3] It was with Cambridge that he took the only five wicket haul of his career, against Sussex in 1969. Jorden dismissed five of the top six Sussex batsmen in the first innings to claim figures of 5-95.[4] He captained the university team in 1969 and 1970. He also played one first-class match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team.
He played Minor Counties and List A cricket for Bedfordshire from 1975 to 1977.[5]