Jeffrey Tolchard

Jeffrey Graham Tolchard (born 17 March 1944) is an English former cricketer and footballer. Tolchard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace and who occasionally kept wicket. As a footballer, Tolchard played for Torquay United, Exeter City and Loughborough. He was born in Torquay, Devon.

Tolchard made his debut for Devon in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties matches for Devon until 1969. His debut in List A cricket came in Devon's first List A match in the 1969 Gillette Cup against Hertfordshire.

After playing for the Leicestershire Second XI for a number of seasons, Tolchard made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in the 1970 County Championship against Yorkshire. His List A debut for Leicestershire also came in 1970 against Hampshire in the 1970 John Player League. Tolchard played 77 first-class matches and 40 List A matches until the end of the 1977 season, which was his final season with Leicestershire. His first-class batting records for Leicestershire were those of a somewhat inconsistent batsman; he did not average above 30 in any of his 7 seasons with Leicestershire, with his final season in 1977 yielding his highest season average of 28.62. In his seven seasons with Leicestershire, he scored 1,863 runs at an average of 20.25, with nine half centuries and a high score of 78. In List A cricket, he scored 349 runs at an average of 20.52, with a high score of 46*.