Russell Inglis
Russell Inglis was an English cricketer. Inglis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Consett, County Durham.
Inglis made his debut for Durham against the Warwickshire Second XI in the 1956 Minor [Counties Championship]. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1956 to 1973, making 130 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire in the 1964 Gillette Cup. He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Essex in the 1973 Gillette Cup. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 152 runs at an average (cricket)|average] of 19.00, with a high score of 47. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 41.50, with best figures of 1/23. By the time serious illness led to an early retirement from the game, Inglis had scored 6,457 runs for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship, at the time a county record. He captained Durham in 1972.
He also played first-class cricket for the Minor Counties during his career. His first-class debut came against the touring South Africans in 1965. He made 2 further first-class appearances for the team, against the touring Pakistanis in 1967, and the touring West Indians in 1969. In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 91 runs at an average of 18.20, with a high score of 43. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 12.00, with best figures of 2/2.
Inglis died from a heart attack on 28 April 1982. His place of death is given as Chester-le-Street in his obituary in the 1983 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, although authoritative sites ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive have his place of death as Gosforth, Northumberland.