Career
He played in two Test matches for England. His Test bowling average remains the worst of any retired English player, but Warr turned it into comic relief in his highly humorous after dinner speeches. Born at Ealing, Middlesex, England, Warr played for Middlesex as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, in 260 first-class matches between 1949 and 1960.
He took 703 wickets for the county at an average of 20.75, with a personal best of 9 for 65.
He captained the county in 1959 and 1960. After taking 87 wickets in the 1950 season, which ranked him 32nd on the list of wicket-takers in the first-class season.
Warr was selected for the 1950-1951 Ashes tour. He played in two of the five Test matches, but only took one wicket, that of Australia"s number seven, Ian Johnson, caught behind.
In those two matches, he conceded 281 runs, and as of 2013 his bowling average remains the worst of any retired England Test player.
According to the 1952 Wisden Cricketer"s Almanack Warr "tried hard and cheerfully, but he could not be regarded as Test class." Laughter was seldom far away when he was about. – East.W. Swanton However, he did take 100 first-class wickets twice – in 1956 and 1959, and played a total of 15 matches for the Gentlemen of England. After retirement, he became a leading figure at the Jockey Club and was President of the Master Control Console in 1987-1988.