1. David Leslie Bairstow was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and England as a wicket-keeper.
17 Facts About David Bairstow
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David Bairstow played football for his hometown club Bradford City.
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David Bairstow is the father of England international cricketer Jonny Bairstow.
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David Bairstow played for Yorkshire throughout his career, and captained the club from 1984 to 1986, though this was a far from happy period.
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David Bairstow was particularly well loved by the Yorkshire crowds for his ability to turn round limited over games by his late-order swinging of the bat.
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David Bairstow snared 961 catches and 137 stumpings and perhaps stands second only to Jimmy Binks in the annals of Yorkshire wicket-keeping.
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David Bairstow played 429 one day matches, scoring 5,439 runs at 20.68 with one century.
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David Bairstow played for 21 seasons, three of them as club captain.
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David Bairstow was described by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as "perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in Yorkshire", at a time when the fortunes of the county were hampered by in-fighting and its own regulations, which prevented it from fielding players born outside of the county.
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David Bairstow however helped the county in its sparse successes during his career, including the John Player League in 1983 and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1987.
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David Bairstow led Yorkshire as captain to a narrow defeat in a Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final against Warwickshire in 1984.
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David Bairstow played only four Test matches for England, as he was behind Bob Taylor and later Paul Downton in the selectors' minds.
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David Bairstow made 59 on his debut, and in his second Test, on his home county ground, top-scored in the first innings with 40 as England salvaged a draw against the West Indies after initially collapsing.
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David Bairstow appeared after retiring in a testimonial match at Trent Bridge for Derek Randall in 1993, playing for an England XI against an Australian XI, and was at the wicket when the match ended in a tie.
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In late 1997, David Bairstow took an overdose of tablets, and although he survived, a few weeks later he hanged himself at his home in Marton-cum-Grafton, Yorkshire.
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The coroner in the case recorded an open verdict, saying that he was not convinced David Bairstow had meant to kill himself.
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David Bairstow had two sons, both of whom went on to play cricket professionally.