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John Frederick Steele (born 23 July 1946 in Brown Edge,[1] Staffordshire) is a former English first-class cricketer for Leicestershire and Glamorgan. An allrounder who bowled left-arm spin, he made 15,054 runs and took 584 wickets in his career which started in 1970 and ended in 1986.

John Steele

Personal information
Full name	John Frederick Steele
Born	(1946-07-23) 23 July 1946 (age 76) Brown Edge, Staffordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	David Steele (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965–1969	Staffordshire
1970–1983	Leicestershire
1973-74–1977-78	Natal
1984–1986	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition FC LA Matches 379 302 Runs scored 15,054 3532 Batting average 28.95 20.89 100s/50s 21/70 1/14 Top score 195 108 not out Balls bowled 39,292 12,434 Wickets 584 293 Bowling average 27.04 25.54 5 wickets in innings 16 4 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 7/29 5/11 Catches/stumpings 414/– 146/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 11 September 2013

His elder brother David played Test cricket for England.

References

External links

• John Steele at Cricinfo
• John Steele at Cricket Archive

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