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Richard Holmes (cricketer)

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Full name
  
William Richard Holmes

Role
  
Cricketer

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium

Position
  
Batsman

1974
  
Cambridge University

Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Richard Holmes


Born
  
25 November 1952 (age 71) (
1952-11-25
)
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England

William Richard Holmes (born 25 November 1952) is a former English cricketer. Holmes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

While studying at the University of Cambridge, Holmes made a single appearance in List A cricket for the university cricket team in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove. In a match which Sussex won by 186 runs, Holmes bowled eleven wicketless overs and was dismissed for just one run by Mike Buss. This was his only appearance for Cambridge University, with him not featuring in any first-class fixtures for the team.

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