Jeremy John Newman is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Newman was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Malmesbury

Malmesbury

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, Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

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Newman made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Cricket Club

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

 in 1981 against Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Cricket Club

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. From 1981 to 1993, he represented the county in 62 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

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. Newman also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

, making his debut in that competition came against Devon in 1985. From 1985 to 1987, he represented the county in 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...

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Newman also represented Wiltshire in List A matches. His debut List A match came against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1983 NatWest Trophy

1983 NatWest Trophy

The 1983 NatWest Trophy was the 3rd NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 June and 3 September 1983. The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Kent County Cricket Club by 24 runs in the final at...

. From 1983 to 1989, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1989 NatWest Trophy

1989 NatWest Trophy

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. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 102 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 25.50, with a single half century high score of 62. In the field he took 3 catches.

External links

• Jeremy Newman at Cricinfo
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• Jeremy Newman at CricketArchive
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