Clifford Jack Andrews (6 August 1912 — 11 December 1973) was an English first-class

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er and

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player. Andrews was born at

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in August 1912. In Swindon, his father was a publican, but the family moved to

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in 1921. There he was educated at Weston Grammar School and played

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for

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. Andrews made his debut in

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for

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prior to the

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, playing against

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in 1938. During the war, he served as a police officer with the Southampton City Police and was known to play exhibition matches for their cricket team. Following the war, he returned to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, typically as cover for regular

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Neil McCorkell Neil Thomas McCorkell (23 March 1912 — 28 February 2013) was an English first-class cricketer. A successor as Hampshire wicket-keeper to George Brown (cricketer, born 1887), George Brown, McCorkell made his debut in first-class cricket in 193 ...

. In total, he made seven first-class appearances for Hampshire to 1948. In these, he scored 127 runs at an

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of 14.11, with a highest score of 29. As wicket-keeper, he took six catches and made a single

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. Outside of cricket, Andrews played

for the Hampshire representative rugby union team, having played rugby for Hampshire since 1933. He was the younger brother of the

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all-rounder Bill Andrews, and was known in his family as "Jack". Andrews died at his home in

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in December 1973.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Clifford 1912 births 1973 deaths Cricketers from Swindon English rugby union players English cricketers Wicket-keepers Hampshire cricketers Southampton City Police officers Rugby union players from Swindon Rugby union players from Weston-Super-Mare Cricketers from Weston-Super-Mare Hampshire County RFU players 20th-century English sportsmen