Harvey Trump
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Harvey Russell John Trump (born Taunton
Somerset
on 11 October 1968) was an English cricket
er who played for Somerset
between 1988 and 1996.
Trump, the son of Gerald Trump
, a former captain of both Somerset's Second XI and of Devon
's Minor Counties side, was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. A successful school cricketer at Millfield School, he played for England's Under-19 team in Tests
in Sri Lanka in 1986-87. In these three matches, he took seven wickets and also scored an unbeaten 50 in the final match at Galle
.
He made his debut for Somerset in 1988 and played fairly regularly for nine seasons, without ever quite appearing to make the decisive breakthrough to be an automatic selection.
His most successful seasons were 1991 and 1992: he took around 50 first-class
wickets in each season and in 1992 against Gloucestershire
in the last first-class match played at the Wagon Works Ground
at Gloucester
he took seven for 52 in each innings to give both his best innings and match figures.
But the following year Somerset recruited Mushtaq Ahmed
as the county's overseas player and Trump's opportunities were more limited. Also, his batting never developed, and he failed to reach 50 in first-class matches. He did not appear in first-class matches after 1996 and played only a few more List A games before retiring to become, like his father, a schoolteacher. He has since played a few times for Herefordshire
in the Minor Counties.
Harvey now teaches at Tettenhall College school in Wolverhampton
.
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
on 11 October 1968) was an English 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 who played for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset 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 Somerset...
between 1988 and 1996.
Trump, the son of Gerald Trump
Gerald Trump
Gerald Trump was an English cricketer who played for Devon.Having represented Devon in the Minor Counties Championship since 1958, Trump made a single List A appearance for the team, in the 1969 Gillette Cup against Hertfordshire...
, a former captain of both Somerset's Second XI and of Devon
Devon County Cricket Club
Devon 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 Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
's Minor Counties side, was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. A successful school cricketer at Millfield School, he played for England's Under-19 team in Tests
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...
in Sri Lanka in 1986-87. In these three matches, he took seven wickets and also scored an unbeaten 50 in the final match at Galle
Galle
Galle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the capital city of Southern Province of Sri Lanka and it lies in Galle District....
.
He made his debut for Somerset in 1988 and played fairly regularly for nine seasons, without ever quite appearing to make the decisive breakthrough to be an automatic selection.
His most successful seasons were 1991 and 1992: he took around 50 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
wickets in each season and in 1992 against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in the last first-class match played at the Wagon Works Ground
Wagon Works Ground
Wagon Works Ground is a cricket ground in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. The ground was owned by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1923, when Gloucestershire played Lancashire in the grounds first first-class match...
at Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
he took seven for 52 in each innings to give both his best innings and match figures.
But the following year Somerset recruited Mushtaq Ahmed
Mushtaq Ahmed
Mushtaq Ahmed is a retired Pakistani cricketer who specialised as a leg spin bowler. He was known for his hard-to-pick googly. He memorably trapped Graeme Hick in front with one during the 1992 World Cup final. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997...
as the county's overseas player and Trump's opportunities were more limited. Also, his batting never developed, and he failed to reach 50 in first-class matches. He did not appear in first-class matches after 1996 and played only a few more List A games before retiring to become, like his father, a schoolteacher. He has since played a few times for Herefordshire
Herefordshire County Cricket Club
Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the Minor Counties.
Harvey now teaches at Tettenhall College school in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
.