Michael Bushby

{{Short description|English cricketer (1931–2020)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Michael Bushby

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Michael Howard Bushby

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|7|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Macclesfield, Cheshire

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|8|1931|7|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Maidstone, Kent, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = {{nowrap|1952–1954}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 46

| runs1 = 1,919

| bat avg1 = 24.92

| 100s/50s1 = 3/6

| top score1 = 113

| deliveries1 = 16

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 11.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/7

| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–

| date = 14 February

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10210.html Cricinfo

}}

Michael Howard Bushby (29 July 1931 – 8 February 2020) was an English cricketer. He played 43 first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1952 and 1954.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10210.html |title=Michael Bushby |accessdate=11 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite web |title=Mike Bushby |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28350/28350.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 February 2020}}

An opening batsman, Mike Bushby captained Cambridge University in 1954.Wisden 1955, p. 607. His highest score was 113 against Lancashire in 1954.{{cite web |title=Cambridge University v Lancashire 1954 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21040.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 February 2020}}

Bushby spent his working life as a teacher at Tonbridge School, where he taught history. He ran the school's cricket from 1956 to 1972. He retired in 1991, and moved to a house 200 yards from the school.Wisden 2021, pp. 228–29.