Nigel Aldridge Paul (31 March 1933 –23 August 2022) was an English cricketer active in the 1950s,making seven appearances in first-class cricket as a batting all-rounder.
Paul was educated at Cranleigh School,where he played for the school cricket team from 1949–1951. [1] [2] He made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for Warwickshire against the touring Canadians at Edgbaston in 1954. [3] He made three further first-class appearances for Warwickshire in 1955,playing two university matches against Oxford and Cambridge,and once against the Combined Services, [3] but did not feature in any County Championship matches. He played a first-class match for the Free Foresters in 1956,and followed this up with two matches at The Saffrons in 1958 for DR Jardine's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University. [3] In seven first-class matches,Paul scored a total of 157 runs,averaging 15.70,with a high score of 40. [4] As a bowler he took just 3 wickets,which came at an expensive average of 65.33 runs apiece. [4] He was one of the tallest first-class cricketers of the time,standing nearly two metres tall,which he used when batting to hit the ball hard,and score at a fast rate which was unusual for the times. [2] His height helped when he was bowling,generating pace which forced the batsman onto the back foot. [2]
Paul was a leading figure within the Old Cranleighan Cricket Club,a cricket club for former pupils of Cranleigh School. Following the Second World War,the club was virtually defunct,but he re-formed the club in the mid-1950s. [2] He was club captain from 1958–1964 and president from 1981–1985. [2]
Paul was also an amateur golfer. [5] He won the Surrey Open in 1966. [6] Playing with Peter Oosterhuis he won the 1969 Whitbread professional-amateur foursomes at Pleasington. [7]
Paul died on 23 August 2022,at the age of 89. [8]
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