John Guise (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British cricketer (1903-1991)
Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1903
Date of Death: 29-Jun-1991
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John Guise (cricketer)
- John Lindsay Guise (29 November 1903 – 29 June 1991) was an English first-class cricketer active 1922–34 who played for Middlesex, Oxford University and, in India, for the Europeans.
- He was born in Calcutta; died in Eastbourne.
- Guise was a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler who played in 94 first-class matches.
- He scored 3,775 career runs with a highest score of 154* and, as a fielder, held 53 catches.
- He took 63 wickets with a best analysis of four for 19.In his 1992 Wisden obituary, Guise is described as one of "the select few who have achieved fame through one big performance".
- In a 1921 public schools match when he was 17, Guise made a record score of 278 for Winchester College against Eton College at Agar's Plough.
- Wisden recorded that Winchester had been bowled out for 57 in their first innings on a rain-affected pitch.
- Eton, batting in better conditions, had taken a lead of 198.
- At close of play, Winchester in their second innings had made 130 for 3 with opening batsman Guise on 86 not out.
- On the second day, he "farmed the bowling like a veteran" to score 278 before being run out.
- Winchester had made 381, which left Eton needing 184 to win; they did so, by seven wickets.
- After Winchester, Guise went up to Brasenose College, Oxford.
- His brother, James, also played first-class cricket. Guise was a schoolteacher by profession, teaching at Winchester, Adams Grammar School in Shropshire and Helston Grammar School in Cornwall between 1927 and 1964.
- Guise resigned from Helston Grammar due to an incident regarding corporal punishment being administered to two students in his office, for which Guise was fined £50.
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