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John George Langridge MBE (10 February 1910 – 27 June 1999) was a
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who played for
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and later became a first-class umpire. His obituary in ''
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'' called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match". Born into a cricketing family at Newick, north of
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, John Langridge followed his elder brother James into the Sussex side in 1928 and stayed there until he retired in 1955. In between, he scored more than 34,000 runs as an opening batsman and made 76 centuries, and was a
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in 1950. Considered unlucky not to have earned a place in the national team, only Alan Jones of
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has scored more runs but not played for his country, and no one who scored as many centuries as Langridge failed to win international recognition. In addition, Langridge took 788 catches, mostly at slip, including 69 in his last season at the age of 45; only five players have taken more catches in a career or in a season.Player Profile
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Langridge became a first-class
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on retirement and stood in seven Test matches and eight
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s. He was appointed an MBE for services to cricket.


See also

*
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* List of One Day International cricket umpires


References

*S Canynge Caple (compiler). "Langridge, (John)". The Cricketers' Who's Who. Lincoln Williams (Publishers) Ltd. Adam Street, Adelphi, London. 1934. Page 94.


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* 1910 births 1999 deaths English cricketers North v South cricketers Players cricketers Sussex cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year English Test cricket umpires English One Day International cricket umpires Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Newick English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub