Nick Falkner
{{Short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| fullname = Nicholas James Falkner
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Redhill, Surrey, England
| heightft =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
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| family =
| club1 = Sussex
| year1 = 1988–1989
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| club2 = Surrey
| year2 = 1984–1987
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| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 26
| runs1 = 1,042
| bat avg1 = 26.71
| 100s/50s1 = 2/3
| top score1 = 102
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 9.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/3
| catches/stumpings1 = 14/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 19
| runs2 = 287
| bat avg2 = 16.88
| 100s/50s2 = –/2
| top score2 = 58
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| date = 30 September
| year = 2012
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12958.html Cricinfo
}}
Nicholas James Falkner (born 30 September 1962) is a former English cricketeer. Falkner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Redhill, Surrey, and was educated at Reigate Grammar School.{{cite web|url=http://schoolscricketonline.co.uk/reigate-grammar-school/|title=Reigate Grammar School – Cricket|accessdate=5 October 2012}}
Surrey
Falkner made his debut for Surrey against Glamorgan in a List A match in the 1984 John Player Special League, with him making a further List A appearance against Gloucestershire in that seasons Benson & Hedges Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Nick Falkner|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} In that same season he also made his first-class debut against Cambridge University,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Nick Falkner|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} scoring a century on debut with a score of 101 not out in Surrey's first-innings, in a partnership of 198 with fellow debutant Keith Medlycott.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44888.html|title=Surrey v Cambridge University, 1984|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} The following season, he made just one appearance for Surrey, in a List A match against Gloucestershire in the 1985 John Player Special League.
In the 1986 season, he broke into Surrey's starting eleven for the County Championship, making eleven first-class appearances that season. He scored 567 runs at an average of 35.43,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Nick Falkner|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} with a high score of 102 against Middlesex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47507.html|title=Middlesex v Surrey, 1986 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} He made four List A appearances in that season, against the touring Indians, as well as two matches against Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in the NatWest Trophy and a single match against Hampshire in the John Player Special League. In the 1987 season, which was to be his last with Surrey, he made just four first-class appearances, against the touring Pakistanis and three appearances in the County Championship against Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Essex. He also appeared in five List A matches in the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup, as well as two more in the Refuge Assurance League. Falkner played a total of sixteen first-class matches for the county, scoring 734 runs at an average of 34.95, scoring two centuries and two half centuries.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nick Falkner|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}} In List A cricket, he made thirteen appearances, scoring 254 runs at an average of 23.09, with a high score of 58, which was one of two half centuries he made in that format.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nick Falkner|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 October 2012}}
Sussex
Having left Surrey, he joined Sussex for the 1988 season, making his debut for the county in a List A match against Essex in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made two further List A appearances in that season, against Warwickshire and Northamptonshire in the Refuge Assurance League. His first-class debut for the county came against Yorkshire in the County Championship, with him making six further first-class appearances in that season, scoring 232 runs at an average of 16.57, with a high score of 58. The following season, he made two first-class appearances against Surrey and Warwickshire in the County Championship, as well as a third first-class appearance against Cambridge University. He also made three List A appearances, two in the Benson & Hedges Cup against Hampshire and Glamorgan, as well as one against Warwickshire in the Refuge Assurance League. Falkner played a total of ten first-class matches for Sussex, scoring 308 runs at an average of 17.11, making one half century score of 55. In List A cricket, he made six appearances, scoring 33 runs at an average of 5.50, with a high score of 15. He played some matches for the Sussex Second XI in 1990, but thereafter he was released by the county.
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12958.html Nick Falkner] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12095/12095.html Nick Falkner] at CricketArchive
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Category:Cricketers from Redhill, Surrey