John Sams (cricketer)

John Sams

Personal information
Full name	John Sams
Batting style	Unknown
Bowling style	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1871	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 32 Batting average 10.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 16 Balls bowled 85 Wickets 3 Bowling average 13.66 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/5 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2011

John Sams (date of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Sams' batting and bowling styles are also unknown.

Sams made two first-class appearances for Sussex in 1856, both against Surrey.^[1] In his first match against Surrey at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove, Sams scored 16 runs in Sussex's first-innings before being dismissed by Thomas Sherman. In Surrey's first-innings he took the wicket of Julius Caesar, finishing with figures of 1/20 from ten overs. In Sussex's second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Miller for 12, he followed this up by bowling two wicketless overs in Surrey's second-innings. Surrey won the match by 9 wickets.^[2] In his second match at The Oval, Sams bowled four wicketless overs in Surrey's first-innings, while in Sussex's he was dismissed for a single run by Will Martingell. He took the wickets of Martingell and Will Mortlock in Surrey's second-innings, finishing with figures of 2/5 from five overs. He ended Sussex's second-innings not out on 3, with Surrey winning by 240 runs.^[3]

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by John Sams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
2. "Sussex v Surrey, 1856". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
3. "Surrey v Sussex, 1856". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

External links

• John Sams at ESPNcricinfo
• John Sams at CricketArchive