Stephen Watkins
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Stephen George Watkins is a former English cricket
er who played one first-class
and one List A match for Worcestershire
in 1983.
Watkins' solitary first-class appearance came against Oxford University
in the middle of June 1983. Watkins, batting at two, had quite a successful match, scoring 77 and 28.
Nevertheless, he never played first-class cricket again, and his only other game in major cricket was a John Player Special League match against Kent
in early August, in which he made 24.
He left Worcestershire after the 1983 season, but later played minor counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties
and Herefordshire
.
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 one 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...
and one List A match for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
in 1983.
Watkins' solitary first-class appearance came against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in the middle of June 1983. Watkins, batting at two, had quite a successful match, scoring 77 and 28.
Nevertheless, he never played first-class cricket again, and his only other game in major cricket was a John Player Special League match against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
in early August, in which he made 24.
He left Worcestershire after the 1983 season, but later played minor counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club, representing the historic counties of Wales except Glamorgan is currently the only non-English member of the Minor Counties Championship in the England and Wales domestic cricket structure....
and 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...
.