Simon Clements

Simon Mark Clements (born 29 April 1956) is an English former cricketer. Clements was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Clements made his debut in county cricket for Suffolk in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.^[1] He later made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire. He made 28 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1979.^[2] In his 29 first-class matches, he scored 860 runs at an average of 20.47, with a high score of 91.^[3] This score, one of four fifties he made, came against Gloucestershire on debut in 1976.^[4] An occasional bowler, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 68.33, with best figures of 1/29.^[5]

He still played for Suffolk while studying at Oxford,^[1] it was for Suffolk that he made his List A debut for against Sussex in the 1978 Gillette Cup.^[6] He played 4 List A matches for the Combined Universities in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup,^[6] and after completing his studies he returned to playing on a regular basis for Suffolk. He appeared in 12 further List A matches for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, as well as playing a single List A match for the Minor Counties against Sussex in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.^[6] In his 13 List A appearances for Suffolk, he scored 169 runs at an average of 13.00, with a high score of 59.^[7] This score, his only fifty in List A cricket, came against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy.^[8] With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 29.00, with best figures of 3/30.^[9] He retired from representing Suffolk at the end of the 1998 season, having played 175 Minor Counties Championship^[1] and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.^[10] He scored 9,219 runs in the Minor Counties Championship,^[11] second only to Philip Caley.