Simon Porter (cricketer)
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Cowley, Oxfordshire, England
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| Full name | Simon Robert Porter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1950 Cowley, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 February 2017 (aged 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1973 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1988 | Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Robert Porter (9 August 1950 – 9 February 2017)[1] was an English cricketer. Porter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire.
Simon Porter attended Peers School, Littlemore, before going up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2] He made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Worcestershire in 1973. He played 6 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against Cambridge University in the same year.[3] In his 7 first-class matches, he scored 76 runs at a batting average of 7.60, with a high score of 20.[4] With the ball, he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 33.33, with best figures of 4/26.[5]
It was Oxford University that he made his debut in List A cricket for, against Warwickshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 2 further appearances for the university in that season's competition, against Northamptonshire and Worcestershire.[6]