This biography of a living person includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations .(September 2017) |
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Vincent Paul Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 11 November 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:CricketArchive (subscription required),22 December 2015 |
Vincent Paul Clarke (born 11 November 1971) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler who played for Somerset,Leicestershire and Derbyshire during a five-year first-class career.
Clarke first played for Somerset during the 1993 Second XI Championship season,making a tenacious debut against Derbyshire batting somewhat down the order. He moved to Leicestershire for a short stint in 1995,and to Derbyshire in 1997. The 1997 season saw Derbyshire finish way down the Championship table,and Clarke was beginning to appear less and less for the first team. He continued to appear for the second team throughout 1998,but only made one appearance in 1999 before hanging up his gloves.
Clarke was a middle-order batsman and an occasional bowler,with a top score of 99. Once renowned for his flippers and googlies,Clarke relied less on his bowling as his career went on. Clarke smashed Wasim Akram for three "4"s in the 1998 Nat West Trophy final at Lords against Lancashire,the third of which was described as "the shot of the innings" by David Gower. Following his career in English county cricket he continued playing cricket in Perth,Australia winning the Cricketer of the Year award for the WA Suburban Turf Cricket Association (WASTCA) in 1996-97,1998-99 and 2000-2001 while playing for Nollamara Cricket Club. Clarke is married and has three children;his wife is a primary school education assistant. [1]
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws.
Charles Frederick Root was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire between 1910 and 1920 and for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1932.
Rikki Clarke is a retired English cricketer,who last played for Surrey. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College. Clarke began his career as a professional cricketer with Surrey in 2000,making his list A debut in 2001 and First Class debut in 2002,and the following year made his One Day International debut for England;later in 2003 he played his first Test match. Between 2003 and 2006 he played two Tests,both against Bangladesh and 20 ODIs.
Paul Michael Borrington is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Derbyshire.
Philip Steffan Jones is a former professional cricketer who played for Somerset,Northamptonshire and Derbyshire County Cricket Clubs. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He is now a teacher and occasionally a bowling coach.
Aaron Laraman is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Peter Duncan Bowler is a former English-born Australian cricketer who played for Leicestershire in 1986,Tasmania in 1986/87,Derbyshire from 1988 to 1994 and for Somerset from 1995 to 2004. Despite his name,Bowler was not a bowler,but a batsman.
Leslie Bradbury was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971.
Maurice Hill is a former English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire from 1953 to 1965,for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1964,for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1967 and for Somerset from 1970 to 1971. He scored over 10,00 runs in the first-class game.
David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1970 and for Orange Free State between 1976 and 1978.
George Richmond Langdale was a schoolmaster,writer on mathematics and an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1936 to 1937 and for Somerset from 1946 to 1949. He also played for the minor counties Norfolk and Berkshire.
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952,being captain in 1950.
Alan Chambers Revill was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1957 and for Leicestershire from 1958 to 1960. He scored more than 15,000 first-class runs.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
Ben James Phillips is an English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club until his release in 2013. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.
John William Bennett was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896.
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class career.
Gordon James Parsons is an English-born first-class cricketer who played in England and South Africa.
Christopher Herbert Millington Greetham played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler. Greetham was a tall,fair-haired right-handed batsman usually used in Somerset's late middle order and a right-arm seam bowler who,for a couple of seasons in the early 1960s,took enough wickets to be classed as an all-rounder. He was considered a good cover fielder,with a strong and accurate throw.
Gerald Lester was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire. He was born at Long Whatton,Leicestershire and died at Leicester.