Full name David Roy Turner 1966–1989 Hampshire Bowling style Seam bowling Role Cricket Player | Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Name David Turner Nickname Birdy 1977/78 Western Province | |
Born 5 February 1949 (age 75) ( 1949-02-05 ) Corsham, Wiltshire, England | ||
Batting style Left-handed batsman | ||
David Roy Turner (born 5 February 1949 at Chippenham, Wiltshire) is a former English first-class cricketer for Hampshire. He played 426 games between 1966 and 1989, making 19005 runs at a batting average of 30.55 with 28 hundreds.
Turner was part of the Hampshire side which won the County Championship in 1973, only their second ever title. In a side featuring Gordon Greenidge and Barry Richards, Turner was a solid left-handed batsman and he scored 1000 runs in a season on 9 occasions.
His highest score was 184 not out against Gloucestershire at Gloucester in 1987, when he and Gordon Greenidge put on 311 for the third wicket, and Hampshire won by an innings.
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