David Storer
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{for|the physician and naturalist|David Humphreys Storer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
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| fullname = David Benjamin Storer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
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| club1 = Lincolnshire
| year1 = 1987–1995
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| columns = 1
| column1 = List A
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 29
| bat avg1 = 9.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 28
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 17.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/17
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 25 June
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20549.html Cricinfo
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David Benjamin Storer (born 31 March 1968) is a former English cricketer. Storer was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Early life
He was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He grew up in Allington, Lincolnshire, and attended Ranby House, Worksop College and Newcastle University.Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 3 March 1987, page 8
Career
Storer made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Storer played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1987 to 1995, which included 47 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17790/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by David Storer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 June 2011}} and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17790/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by David Storer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 June 2011}} He made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the 1990 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches for Lincolnshire, against Nottinghamshire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy and Glamorgan in the 1994 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17790/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by David Storer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 June 2011}} In his 3 matches, he scored 29 runs at an average of 9.66, with a high score of 28.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17790/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Storer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 June 2011}} He took a single wicket with the ball, which came when against Nottinghamshire, with Storer dismissing Derek Randall for the cost of 17 runs from 5 overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54499.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Lincolnshire, 1991 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 June 2011}}
In June 1995 David entered the record books being the first Lincolnshire batsman to score centuries in both innings of a match, and become only the fifth to do it of all time. In the match against Buckinghamshire he scored 150 not out in the first innings and 102 in the second as Lincolnshire won by 150 runs
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20549.html David Storer] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17790/17790.html David Storer] at CricketArchive
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Category:Alumni of Newcastle University
Category:Cricketers from Grantham
Category:Lincolnshire cricketers
Category:People educated at Worksop College