Richard Savage (cricketer)

Richard Savage
Born
Richard le Quesne Savage

(1955-12-10) 10 December 1955
London, England
EducationMarlborough College; Pembroke College, Oxford
OccupationsCricketer
Schoolteacher
Political party
Green
Spouse
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(m. 1991)​
Children2
Cricket career
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm off-break, medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976-1978Oxford University Cricket Club
1976-1979Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 44 18
Runs scored 196 15
Batting average 7.25 7.50
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 22* 9*
Balls bowled 7427 954
Wickets 127 17
Bowling average 29.81 40.11
5 wickets in innings 6 -
10 wickets in match 1 -
Best bowling 7/50 3/19
Catches/stumpings 14/- 2/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 June 2026

Richard Le Quesne Savage (born 10 December 1955) is an English teacher and former cricketer who occasionally played first-class and List A cricket between 1976 and 1979 for Oxford University and Warwickshire.[1]

Early life and education

Savage was born on 10 December 1955 in Waterloo, London.[2] He was educated at Marlborough College and at Pembroke College, Oxford.

Cricket career

Savage played cricket during his time as a pupil at Marlborough College.[3] He took 50 wickets with right-arm medium-pace off-cutters and off-breaks for Warwickshire's second eleven in 1975 before going to Oxford University.[4] He was in the Oxford University cricket team for three years, playing each season in The University Match and he also played in the Combined Universities team which competed in the Benson & Hedges Cup List A competition. In 1976, he played as well for the Oxford and Cambridge Universities side that took on the touring West Indies team. For Oxford against Sussex in 1976, he took six wickets for 66 in the first innings and six for 33 in the second to finish with 12 for 99, the best match figures of his career and the best figures by any bowler in a first-class match on the Pagham Cricket Club Ground.[5]

In university holidays throughout his Oxford career, Savage turned out in occasional games for Warwickshire and in one of those, the 1977 game against Glamorgan, he took seven second innings wickets for 50 runs, the best innings performance of his career.[6] Having left university in 1978, Savage had a single season as a full-time cricketer with Warwickshire in 1979, but was not successful, and left the first-class game.[1] During his career, he once dismissed Viv Richards.[7]

Teaching career and personal life

Savage is a teacher of English at Ardingly College, and taught at comprehensive schools in Bristol and Oxford for fifteen years before teaching at international schools in Belgium and the UK. He is married to former Green Party MP Caroline Lucas; the couple have two adult sons.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Richard Savage". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile of Richard Savage". Cricinfo. Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Teams Richard Savage Played for". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Second Eleven Championship in 1975". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1976 ed.). Wisden. p. 858.
  5. ↑ "Scorecard: Sussex v Oxford University". CricketArchive. 26 June 1976. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Glamorgan". CricketArchive. 27 July 1977. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 Riddell, Mary (13 December 2015). "Caroline Lucas: I don't want to be a stick to beat Jeremy Corbyn with". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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