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| Full name | Richard Hugh Downend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1945 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Minor Counties North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1977 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,7 July 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Hugh Downend (born 19 January 1945) is a former English cricketer and rugby union player. In cricket,Downend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire.
Downend made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1964 to 1977,making 62 Minor Counties Championship appearances. [1] He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1971 Gillette Cup. He made 3 further List A appearances for Staffordshire,the last coming against Glamorgan in the 1975 Gillette Cup. [2] In his 4 List A matches for Staffordshire,he scored 76 runs at an average of 19.00,with a high score of 24. [3] With the ball,he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00,with best figures of 3/35. [4]
He made his only first-class appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Australians. [5] In this match,he took the wicket of Ashley Mallett for the cost of 71 runs from 19 overs. With the bat,he was dismissed for 5 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings for 5 runs by John Gleeson,while in their second-innings he scored a single run before being dismissed by Graeme Watson. [6] He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties North,making his debut for the team in the 1972 Benson &Hedges Cup against Nottinghamshire. He made 4 further List A appearances for the team,the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 1975 Benson &Hedges Cup. [2] With the ball,he took 7 wickets at an average of 19.14,with best figures of 3/31. [4]
Downend was also a notable rugby union player,although he was never received an international cap.
Amongst the teams he played for were Sale,Birkenhead Park and Staffordshire RFC.
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