| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patrick William Trimby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1972 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Shropshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,10 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patrick William Trimby (born 31 January 1972) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Trimby was born at Shrewsbury in January 1972. He was educated at Shrewsbury School,before going up to Worcester College,Oxford. [1]
While studying at Oxford,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Northamptonshire at Oxford in 1993.
He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1994,making a total of eleven first-class appearances. [2] Playing as a leg break bowler,he took 31 wickets at an average of 35.16,with best figures of 5 for 84. [3] These figures,which was his only first-class five wicket haul,came against Durham in 1994. [4] He also made two first-class appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team while at Oxford,playing against the touring New Zealanders in 1994,and the touring West Indians in 1995. [2] Against the New Zealanders,he took 7 wickets in the match,placing him above the entire England attack,bar Phillip DeFreitas,in the Third Test between England v New Zealand at Old Trafford. [5]
In addition to playing first-class cricket,Trimby also played minor counties cricket for Shropshire between 1992–95,making five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. [6] [7]