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John Powers (30 September 1868 – 9 November 1939) was an English cricketer. Powers was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Barwell, Leicestershire.

John Powers

Personal information
Full name	John Powers
Born	30 September 1868 Barwell, Leicestershire, England
Died	9 November 1939(1939-11-09) (aged 71) Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1895–1896	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 195 Batting average 12.18 100s/50s –/– Top score 25 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2013

Powers made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Surrey at Grace Road in the 1895 County Championship. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 1896 County Championship.[1] In his nine first-class matches for Leicestershire, he scored a total of 195 runs at an average of 12.18, with a high score of 25.[2]

He died at Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire on 9 November 1939.

References

External links

• John Powers at Cricinfo
• John Powers at CricketArchive

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