- Derek Nicholls
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Personal information Full name Derek George Nicholls Born 10 July 1947
Walsall, Staffordshire, EnglandDied 14 July 2010 (aged 63)
Walsall, Staffordshire, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Domestic team information Years Team 1982 Minor Counties 1976–1983 Staffordshire Career statistics Competition List A Matches 5 Runs scored 38 Batting average 9.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 15 Balls bowled 348 Wickets 14 Bowling average 18.28 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/43 Catches/stumpings –/– Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2011 Derek George Nicholls (18 July 1947 – 14 July 2010) was an English cricketer. Nicholls was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Walsall, Staffordshire.
Nicholls made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1976 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire. Nicholls played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1976 to 1983, which included 42 Minor Counties Championship matches[1] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match.[2] In 1976, he made his List A debut for Staffordshire against Essex in the Gillette Cup. He made 2 further appearances in List A cricket for the county, against Devon in the 1st round of the 1978 Gillette Cup and Sussex in the 2nd round of the same competition.[3] He later made 2 List A appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup against Worcestershire and Yorkshire.[3] In his total of 5 List A matches, he scored 38 runs at an average of 9.50, with a high score of 15. With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 18.28.[4] He took a single five wicket haul with the ball, which came for the Minor Counties against Worcestershire, with him taking figures of 6/43 from 11 overs. Despite this effort, which earned him the man-of-the-match award, Worcestershire still won the match by 97 runs.[5]
Nicholls died in Walsall on 14 July 2010, as a result of a stroke.[6]
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Derek Nicholls". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34763/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Derek Nicholls". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34763/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Derek Nicholls". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34763/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Player profile: Derek Nicholls". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34763/34763.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Worcestershire, 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42273.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Walsall Mourn Passing of Derek Nicholls". www.staffordshirecricket.co.uk. http://www.staffordshirecricket.co.uk/news.php?id=426. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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Categories:- 1947 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Walsall
- English cricketers
- Staffordshire cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- Deaths from stroke
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