David Drury
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David Brian Drury is a former English
cricket
er. He was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Cumberland
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Drury made his debut for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship
on 28 May 1985, playing as a specialist batsman at number seven
. Cumberland, who had former Test cricket
er David Lloyd
opening the batting, won the match by 116 runs, with Drury scoring 27 in the first-innings and 24* in the second. He played in five further matches in the Minor Counties Championship, but failed to better his score of 27. His only List A appearance came in the first round of the 1985 NatWest Trophy, when he scored four runs during a loss to Middlesex
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Drury now plays cricket for Ipswich Cricket Club in Suffolk. His son Matthew is also a cricketer, playing for Suffolk 2nd X1 and South of England Development teams
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Cumberland
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
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Drury made his debut for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship
Minor Counties Cricket Championship
The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is contested by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status...
on 28 May 1985, playing as a specialist batsman at number seven
Batting order (cricket)
In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...
. Cumberland, who had former Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
er David Lloyd
David Lloyd (cricketer)
David Lloyd is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley...
opening the batting, won the match by 116 runs, with Drury scoring 27 in the first-innings and 24* in the second. He played in five further matches in the Minor Counties Championship, but failed to better his score of 27. His only List A appearance came in the first round of the 1985 NatWest Trophy, when he scored four runs during a loss to Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
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Drury now plays cricket for Ipswich Cricket Club in Suffolk. His son Matthew is also a cricketer, playing for Suffolk 2nd X1 and South of England Development teams