Full name Andrew Walker Lyon 1981 Middlesex Batting style Right-handed 1977–1988 Buckinghamshire | Name Andrew Lyon Relations David Lyon (brother) | |
Born 18 December 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-12-18 ) Poole, Dorset, England | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
Andrew lyon conducts faure pavane
Andrew Walker Lyon (born 18 December 1946) is a former English cricketer. Lyon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Poole, Dorset.
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Lyon made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Lyon played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1977 to 1988, which included 110 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1979, he made his List A debut for Buckinghamshire against Suffolk in the Gillette Cup. He played 5 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Kent in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches for the county, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 42.80, with best figures of 3/71.
In 1981, he appeared in a single List A match for Middlesex against the touring Sri Lankans. He took 2 wickets in the match, those of Anura Ranasinghe and Yohan Goonasekera.
His brother, David, played Minor counties and List A cricket for Cambridgeshire.