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'''John Lindsay Guise''' (29 November 1903 – 29 June 1991) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er active 1922–34 who played for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] and, in India, for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]. He was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]; died in [[Eastbourne]]. Guise was a right-handed [[batting (cricket)|batsman]] and a right arm [[fast bowling|medium pace bowler]] who played in 94 first-class matches. He scored 3,775 career [[run (cricket)|runs]] with a highest score of 154[[not out|*]] and, as a [[fielding (cricket)|fielder]], held 53 [[caught|catches]]. He took 63 [[wicket]]s with a best analysis of four for 19.<ref name=CA>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13531.html |title=John Guise at ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 March 2017 |archive-date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315002744/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13531.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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In his [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|1992 ''Wisden'' obituary]], Guise is described as one of "the select few who have achieved fame through one big performance". In a 1921 public schools match when he was 17, Guise made a record score of 278 for [[Winchester College]] against [[Eton College]] at [[List of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds#Minor Counties|Agar's Plough]]. ''Wisden'' recorded that Winchester had been bowled out for 57 in their first innings on a rain-affected pitch. Eton, batting in better conditions, had taken a lead of 198. At close of play, Winchester in their second innings had made 130 for 3 with opening batsman Guise on 86 not out. On the second day, he "farmed the bowling like a veteran" to score 278 before being [[run out]]. Winchester had made 381, which left Eton needing 184 to win; they did so, by seven wickets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228716.html |title=''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' 1992 edition – John Guise's obituary |access-date=14 March 2017 |archive-date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315002509/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228716.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After Winchester, Guise went up to [[Brasenose College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cricketarchive|id=13587}}</ref> His brother, [[James Guise|James]], also played first-class cricket, as did their father, whose two recorded first-class matches had him playing for Gentlemen of India against Oxford Authentics in Delhi in 1902–03, and for MC Bird's XI against Maharajah of Cooch-Behar's XI, at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, in 1918–19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhole |first=Pradip |date=2018-09-10 |title=John Lindsay Guise: The man who opened batting at Eden Gardens against MCC in 1926-27 |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/john-lindsay-guise-the-man-who-opened-batting-at-eden-gardens-against-mcc-in-1926-27-744160/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Guise was a schoolteacher by profession, teaching at Winchester, Adams Grammar School in Shropshire and Helston Grammar School in Cornwall between 1927 and 1964.<ref name="Dhole">{{cite web |last1=Dhole |first1=Pradip |title=John Lindsay Guise: The man who opened batting at Eden Gardens against MCC in 1926-27 |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/john-lindsay-guise-the-man-who-opened-batting-at-eden-gardens-against-mcc-in-1926-27-744160 |website=www.cricketcountry.com |access-date=1 April 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401094223/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/john-lindsay-guise-the-man-who-opened-batting-at-eden-gardens-against-mcc-in-1926-27-744160 |url-status=live }}</ref> Guise resigned from Helston Grammar over an incident of corporal punishment being administered to two girl students in his office, for which Guise was fined £50 in a subsequent court hearing.<ref name="Dhole" /><br />
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==Publications==<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=NAA9PQAACAAJ ''Successful Cricket''], A. Barker, 1951<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7LdngEACAAJ ''Talking of cricket''], Methuen, 1952<br />
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