Andrew Needham
{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Andrew Needham
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Andrew Needham
| nickname = Needers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Calow, Derbyshire, England
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 10
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm off break
| club1 = Hertfordshire
| year1 = 1989–1991
| club2 = Middlesex
| year2 = 1987–1988
| club3 = Surrey
| year3 = 1977–1986
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 109
| runs1 = 3,077
| bat avg1 = 23.13
| 100s/50s1 = 4/12
| top score1 = 138
| deliveries1 = 10,753
| wickets1 = 124
| bowl avg1 = 43.33
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/30
| catches/stumpings1 = 50/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 90
| runs2 = 1,082
| bat avg2 = 18.03
| 100s/50s2 = 0/3
| top score2 = 55
| deliveries2 = 2,257
| wickets2 = 50
| bowl avg2 = 30.90
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 4/32
| catches/stumpings2 = 22/–
| date = 10 December
| year = 2008
| source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18052.html Cricinfo
}}
Andrew ("Andy") Needham (born 23 March 1957, Calow, Derbyshire) is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Surrey and Middlesex, before representing Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.{{Citation |last=Williamson |first=Martin |title=Andy Needham |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18052.html |access-date=9 December 2020}}
First-class cricket career
Needham was a right-arm off-spinner, with a batting record that suggested he could be considered an all-rounder. He was 25 before finally becoming a Surrey first team regular in 1982.{{Cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18052.html|title = Andy Needham profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}} He made an immediate impact with the bat, scoring his maiden first-class hundred in just his third match of that summer, with 134 not out, from number nine in the batting order, adding 172 for the tenth wicket with Robin Jackman. He then went on to take 5–91 in the same match.
Needham scored three hundreds and passed 1000 runs for the only time in 1985, but at the end of the 1986 season "surprised many by moving north to join Middlesex. He stayed two seasons, becoming more of a utility player in one-dayers".
Minor counties and other
Needham went on to become a cricket coach at Watford Grammar School for Boys, where he had been a pupil. but he also became a significant player for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1989 to 1994.{{Citation |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches |publisher=CricketArchive |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12097/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18052.html Cricinfo]
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Category:Hertfordshire cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Derbyshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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