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John Devereaux Dubricious Pember (8 June 1940 – 25 January 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1968 to 1971.

John Pember

Personal information
Full name	John Devereaux Dubricious Pember
Born	(1940-06-08)8 June 1940 Creaton, Northamptonshire, England
Died	25 January 2007(2007-01-25) (aged 66)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 24 10 Runs scored 271 20 Batting average 18.06 3.33 100s/50s –/1 –/– Top score 53 9 Balls bowled 2696 360 Wickets 43 8 Bowling average 31.86 31.87 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 5/45 2/19 Catches/stumpings 11/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2014

He was born in Creaton, Northamptonshire, and attended Wellingborough School, where he played in the first eleven.[1] A club cricketer and landowner in Northamptonshire,[2] he joined Leicestershire and made his first-class debut in 1968 at the age of 28. He appeared intermittently for the county over the next three years, playing 24 first-class matches and 10 one-day matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

His highest score was 53, batting at number 11 against Northamptonshire in 1970,[3] and his best bowling figures were 5 for 45 (followed by 2 for 45 in the second innings) in an innings victory over Somerset in 1968.[4]

References

External links

• John Pember at CricketArchive
• John Pember at ESPNcricinfo

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