Richard Kettleborough

Richard Allan Kettleborough (born March 15, 1973 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) is a first class cricketer who appeared in 33 first class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club. A left handed top order batsman and occasional right arm medium pacer he was appointed to the E.C.B.s list of first class umpires in 2006.

He made his debut for Yorkshire in 1994 and scored his only century in 1996 against Essex. He played for the Tykes until 1997 when, after failing to establish a permanent place in the first team, he moved to Middlesex for two further seasons. In 2000 he appeared for the Yorkshire Cricket Board in one day cricket and helped his club, Sheffield Collegiate, win both the Yorkshire Premier League and the National Club Championship. He toured Australia with an MCC team in 2002.

After progressing through the Yorkshire age group set up, scored 1258 runs in his first class career, with one century and an average of 25.16 and took 20 catches. In 21 List A games he scored 290 runs at 24.16. He took 3 first class wickets at 81 and 6 one day wickets at 38.33.

References

* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/15872.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4494/4494.html Cricket Archive Statistics]