Neil Riddell
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Staindrop, County Durham, England
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| Full name | Neil Anthony Riddell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1947 Staindrop, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1979 | Minor Counties North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Minor Counties East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1986 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1990 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neil Anthony Riddell (born 16 July 1947) is a former English cricketer. Riddell was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Staindrop, County Durham.
Riddell made his debut for Durham in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham throughout the remainder of the 1970s.[1] In the 1973 Gillette Cup Riddell made his List A debut for Durham against Yorkshire,[2] in what was a famous victory over their County Championship opponents.[3] He made seven further List A appearances for Durham in the 1970s. In 1976 he made his first-class debut for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians,[4] and in the same year in which he made his debut for Minor Counties East in a List A match in the Benson & Hedges Cup against Northamptonshire. He played for Minor Counties East from 1976 to 1978, making nine List A appearances,[2] scoring a total of 205 runs at an average of 25.62, with a high score of 109 not out.[5] This score was his only List A century and came against Northamptonshire on debut for the team in 1976.[6] In 1979, he made four List A appearances for Minor Counties North in the Benson & Hedges Cup.[2]