Richard William Elviss (born 19 July 1945) is an English former first-class cricketer.
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Full name | Richard William Elviss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fulwood, Yorkshire, England | 19 July 1945||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1966–1967 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 March 2020 |
Elviss was born at the Sheffield suburb of Fulwood in July 1945. He later studied at Trinity College, Oxford where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University.[1] He made his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1966, with Elviss playing first-class cricket for Oxford until 1967, making nineteen appearances.[2] Playing as right-arm off break bowler, he took 65 wickets at an average of 26.43. He claimed a five wicket haul on four occasions and had best figures of 5 for 83.[3] On the back of strong performances for Oxford, he played a trial match with the Yorkshire Second XI in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Player profile: Richard Elviss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Elviss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Elviss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Elviss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.