John Steele (cricketer, born 1905), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1905
Place of Birth: Wistaston, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 29-Mar-1990
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About John Steele (cricketer, born 1905)
- John William Jackson Steele (30 July 1905 – 29 March 1990) was an English first-class cricketer.
- Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Steele first represented Hampshire while staying in Winchester as an Army Chaplain, having made a name playing for the Army cricket team.
- Steele made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire, a match in which he scored his highest first-class score of 44.
- During the same year Steele played for Hampshire against the touring Australians, who featured the great Don Bradman. Steele would represent Hampshire in seventeen first-class matches until July 1939, with his final first-class match coming against Northamptonshire.
- Steele was a handy lower order batsman, scoring 406 runs at an average of 16.91.
- With his medium pace Steele took 57 wickets at an average of 26.64 with best bowling figures of 6-62. Steele also represented the Army in two first-class matches against Oxford University in 1938 and Cambridge University in 1939. With the onset of the Second World War first-class cricket was stopped, bringing an end to Steele's career.
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