- Paul Fisher (cricketer)
Infobox Old Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
name = Paul Fisher
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = N/A (wicket-keeper)
FCs = 67
FC runs = 654
FC bat avg = 9.21
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 42
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = 0
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 0/0
List As = 12
List A runs = 38
List A bat avg = 6.33
List A 100s/50s = 0/0
List A top score = 14*
List A balls = 0
List A wickets = 0
List A bowl avg = -
List A 5s = 0
List A 10s = N/A
List A best bowling = -
List A catches/stumpings = 9/2
debut date = 24 April
debut year = 1974
last date = 27 July
last year = 1981
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29413/29413.html CricketArchivePaul Bernard Fisher (born
19 December 1954 ) was an Englishcricketer who playedfirst-class cricket for Middlesex, Worcestershire and Oxford University. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29413/all_teams.html | title=Teams played for by Paul Fisher | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] He was very much a specialistwicket-keeper , with abatting average in single figures in both forms of the game.Fisher was born in Edmonton,Middlesex .In August 1973, aged 18, he kept wicket for Middlesex Young Cricketers against Buckinghamshire Young Amateurs at Hoovers Sports Ground, Wembley; the Middlesex side also included a 16-year-old
Mike Gatting . [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/105/105216.html | title=Middlesex Young Cricketers v Buckinghamshire Young Amateurs in 1973 | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] Early the following year, Fisher made his first-class debut, for Oxford against Leicestershire atThe University Parks , taking a catch to dismiss opposition keeperRoger Tolchard and scoring 14 and 15. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/34/34074.html | title=Oxford University v Leicestershire in 1974 | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] He played six further games for Oxford that season, ending 1974 with 13 catches.cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29413/f_Batting_by_Season.html | title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Paul Fisher | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] He also played for Essex Second XI. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/34/34488.html | title=Essex Second XI v Kent Second XI in 1974 | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] In 1975, Fisher continued to play for Oxford, hitting his highest score of 42 against Warwickshire in June, [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35203.html | title=Oxford University v Warwickshire in 1975 | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] and he was confined to appearances for the university (and, in theBenson & Hedges Cup , forCombined Universities ) until 1978. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29413/First-Class_Matches.html | title=First-Class Matches played by Paul Fisher | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ] [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29413/List_A_Matches.html | title=List A Matches played by Paul Fisher | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ]At the end of the 1978 season, Fisher made his debut in
county cricket , playing for Middlesex against Hampshire at Bournemouth, though he made no dismissals. He played twoCounty Championship matches in 1979, holding a total of five catches.For the 1980 season, he moved to Worcestershire, with whom he remained the following year as well, but he never managed to hold down a regular spot as keeper in the face of strong competition fromDavid Humphries . The last game of his career was for Worcestershire against the Australians at Worcester in late August 1981; Fisher bowed out quietly with just one dismissal, that of Australian captainKim Hughes . [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41476.html | title=Worcestershire v Australians in 1981 | accessdate=2007-05-14 | publisher=CricketArchive ]References
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