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Ron Nicholls (English sportsman)

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Ron Nicholls
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 534 87
Runs scored 23,607 1,740
Batting average 26.17 21.21
100s/50s 18/124 1/10
Top score 217 127
Balls bowled 1,166 6
Wickets 11 1
Bowling average 65.36 4.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/19 1/4
Catches/stumpings 285/1 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 April 2023

Ronald Bernard Nicholls (4 December 1933 – 21 July 1994) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire.

In a game in 1962 against Oxford University he opened the batting with Martin Young and they put on 395 runs. The partnership remains the highest for any wicket by Gloucestershire and Nicholls made his career best score of 217. He finished the year with 2,059 runs.[1] He also kept wicket in some John Player League games.

Nicholls also played football playing in goal for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City, Bristol City and Cheltenham Town making a total of 161 league appearances.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituaries". The Cricketer. Vol. 75, no. 9. September 1994. p. 56. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via CricketArchive.
  2. ^ "Obituaries in 1994". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1995. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
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