Colin Dredge

Colin Dredge

Personal information
Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	194	209
Runs scored	2182	464
Batting average	13.98	10.54
100s/50s	-/4	-/-
Top score	56*	28*
Balls bowled	28414	9594
Wickets	443	253
Bowling average	30.10	25.42
5 wickets in innings	12	1
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	6-37	5-35
Catches/stumpings	84/-	66/-
Source: Cricket Archive,

Colin Herbert Dredge (born 4 August 1954, Frome, Somerset) was an English first-class cricketer for Somerset. He was known as the "Demon of Frome", a nickname coined by journalist, Alan Gibson.

Colin Dredge made his debut for Somerset on 16 June 1976 against Worcester and was awarded his Somerset Cap in 1978. He made useful contributions as a regular for the County side until 1986. He played 194 first-class matches and 209 one-day matches, including 4 one-day finals, winning the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1981 and 1982 and the Nat West Trophy in 1983. Dredge was not selected for the final of the Gillette Cup in 1979, but played the following day in the crucial win over Nottinghamshire which clinched the John Player Trophy . For much of his career he was overshadowed by Test bowlers Joel Garner, Ian Botham and Vic Marks, but he did win one man-of -the-match award by taking 4-23 against Kent in the 1978 Gillette Cup quarter-final.^[1] In 3-day matches he took over 50 wickets in a season 4 times, including 63 in 1980 when he took 5 wickets in an innings on 5 occasions. Batting as a tailender, he made 4 scores over 50 and he took 84 catches.

Dredge had seven brothers, all of whom played for Frome. He still lives and works in the town.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kent v Somerset, 3 August 1978
2. ^ Sunday Times, 24 September 2006

External links

• Cricket Archive

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Name	Dredge, Colin
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Date of birth	4 August 1954
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