Graham Pointer

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Graham Alan Pointer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lewisham, Kent, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium-fast

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1987–1990

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 234

| bat avg1 = 11.70

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 2,267

| wickets1 = 17

| bowl avg1 = 76.35

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/35

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 11 August

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18979.html Cricinfo

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Graham Alan Pointer (born 2 May 1967) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Pointer was born at Lewisham in May 1967. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32099/32099.html |title=Player profile: Graham Pointer |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-11 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, making his debut against Essex in 1987. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1990, making fifteen appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32099/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Graham Pointer |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-11 |url-access=subscription}} Playing primarily as a left-arm medium-fast bowler, he took 17 wickets in his fifteen matches for Cambridge, at an average of 74.88 and with best figures of 3 for 31.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32099/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Graham Pointer |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-11 |url-access=subscription}} As a tailend batsman, he scored 231 runs at a batting average of 12.15 and with a high score of 33.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32099/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Graham Pointer |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-11 |url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridge, Pointer also made a single appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring Pakistanis at Oxford in 1987.