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Full name Ronald George Alphonso Headley
Born June 29, 1939, Mountain View, Vineyard Town, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 69 years 104 days
Major teams West Indies,Derbyshire,Jamaica,Worcestershire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relations Father - GA Headley,Son - DW Headley
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
62
42
15.50
268
23.13
0
0
7
0
2
0
ODIs
1
1
0
19
19
19.00
41
46.34
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
423
758
61
21695
187
31.12
32
117
356
0
List A
162
160
12
4788
132
32.35
2
30
58
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
423
1232
588
12
4/40
49.00
2.86
102.6
0
0
List A
162
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Jul 26-31, 1973 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Birmingham, Aug 9-14, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
England v West Indies at The Oval, Sep 7, 1973 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1958 - 1974
List A span
1963 - 1976
Profile
An attractive and elegant left-hand opener, Ron Headley was always doomed to suffer by comparison with his father, the legendary George. It is, therefore, not too surprising that he played most of his career in England, with only two full seasons spent with Jamaica (in 1965-66 and 1973-74). He joined Worcestershire in 1958 and was a member of the side which won back-to-back Championships in 1964 and 1965. In 1971 he actually captained the county, in the absence of the injured Norman Gifford, in their last three matches on the way to the John Player Sunday League title. In all, he hit 32 hundreds for Worcestershire, the best being 187 against Northants at New Road in 1971. In 1973 he was drafted into the touring West Indies squad after a succession of injuries left them in need of an opener, and he played two Tests and one ODI. His only significant contribution came on his debut at The Oval when he made 42. In 1975 he joined Derbyshire, playing one-day matches for them for two summers before retiring for good. Headley was also a quite superb fielder in any position. His son, Dean, played for Middlesex, Kent and England.
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