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| Full name | Paul Bernard Fisher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1954[ citation needed ] Edmonton, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1978 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1978 | Combined Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 24 April 1974 Oxford Univ. v Leics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 25 July 1981 Worcestershire v Australians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 17 May 1975 Combined Unis v Warks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 31 August 1980 Worcestershire v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,15 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Bernard Fisher (born 19 December 1954) is an English educationalist,who was headmaster of Loughborough Grammar School between 1998 and 2016,and who previously played first-class cricket for Middlesex,Worcestershire and Oxford University. [1] As a cricketer,he was a specialist wicket-keeper,with a batting average in single figures in both forms of the game.
Fisher was born in Edmonton,Middlesex. and was educated at St Ignatius' College and Christ Church,Oxford,where he read Literae Humaniores .[ citation needed ]
In August 1973,aged 18,he kept wicket for Middlesex Young Cricketers against Buckinghamshire Young Amateurs at Hoovers Sports Ground,Wembley;the Middlesex side also included a 16-year-old Mike Gatting. [2] Early the following year,Fisher made his first-class debut,for Oxford against Leicestershire at The University Parks,taking a catch to dismiss opposition keeper Roger Tolchard and scoring 14 and 15. [3] He played six further games for Oxford that season,ending 1974 with 13 catches. [4] He also played for Essex Second XI. [5]
In 1975,Fisher continued to play for Oxford,hitting his highest score of 42 against Warwickshire in June. [6] Fisher played in the University Matches of 1975 [7] 1976, [8] 1977 [9] and 1978, [10] finishing on the winning side in 1976 (all the other matches were drawn).
Fisher made his List A debut for the Combined Universities) in 1975 away against Warwickshire;he played eight further List A matches for the Combined Unis,who never made it out of the group stages. [11] [12] Fisher made his debut in county cricket in August 1979,playing for Middlesex against Worcestershire at Lord's; [13] he would only play two further matches for Middlesex;a first-class match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge [14] and a List A match against Hampshire at Dean Park [15]
For the 1980 season,he moved to Worcestershire,where he remained the following year as well,but never managed to hold down a regular spot as keeper in the face of strong competition from David Humphries. He made his county debut for Worcestershire on 6 August 1980 against Gloucestershire,taking 5 catches in Glouc's first innings. [16] He made three List A appearances for Worcestershire in 1980. The last game of his career was for Worcestershire against the Australians at Worcester in late August 1981;Fisher bowed out quietly with just one dismissal,that of Australian captain Kim Hughes. [17]
Fisher worked as a teacher at Marlborough College and Prior Park College before becoming headmaster of Mount St Mary's College and from 1998 to 2016 Loughborough Grammar School. [18]