Full name Steven Monkhouse 1987–1988 Glamorgan Batting style Right-handed 1985–1986 Warwickshire | Name Steve Monkhouse 1989 Staffordshire | |
Born 24 November 1962 (age 61) ( 1962-11-24 ) Bury, Lancashire, England | ||
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium | ||
Steven Monkhouse (born 24 November 1962) is a former English cricketer. Monkhouse was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bury, Lancashire.
Monkhouse made his debut in county cricket for Warwickshire in a first-class match against Surrey in the County Championship. He made a further first-class appearance the following season against Lancashire in the 1986 County Championship. He took 2 wickets in his 2 matches, at 47.50 a piece. He joined Glamorgan in 1987, making his first-class debut for the county against Oxford University. He made 7 further first-class appearances for Glamorgan, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1988 County Championship. In his 8 first-class matches, he took 16 wickets at a respectable average of 30.06, with best figures of 3/37. It was for Glamorgan that he made his List A debut in the 1987 Refuge Assurance League against Northamptonshire. He made 3 further List A appearances for Glamorgan, all coming in 1987, with his final appearance coming against Hampshire. In his 4 limited-overs appearances for the county, he took 8 wickets at an average of 11.62, with best figures of 5/32. His best bowling figures came against Cheshire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy.
Leaving Glamorgan at the end of the 1988 season, Monkhouse later made a single List A appearance for Staffordshire against Glamorgan in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he was dismissed for 11 runs by Michael Cann, while with the ball he bowled 12 wicket-less overs for the cost of 66 runs. He never appeared in Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire.