25-453: David Nicholls may refer to: David Nicholls (cricketer) (1943–2008), Kent cricketer David G. Nicholls , professor of biology David Nicholls (footballer, born 1956) , English footballer David Nicholls (footballer, born 1972) , Scottish footballer David Nicholls (racehorse trainer) (1956–2017), English jockey and racehorse trainer David Nicholls (theologian) (1936–1996), author in
50-756: A Benson & Hedges Cup in 1989 and a Sunday League title in 1991 under Robinson's captaincy. Former Warwickshire off spinner Eddie Hemmings made a significant contribution while local seam bowler Kevin Cooper was a consistent wicket taker. The following decade was one of underachievement, but in 2004, Nottinghamshire enjoyed a highly successful season, gaining promotion to both the Frizzell County Championship Division One, after winning Division Two, and also Totesport Division One. In 2005, Nottinghamshire won their first County Championship title since 1987, New Zealand's Stephen Fleming captaining
75-531: A County Championship game at Swansea in his first season. Mike Harris scored heavily in the 1970s, including nine centuries in 1971 but apart from Barry Stead , the bowling lacked penetration. Nottinghamshire enjoyed one of their strongest teams in the late seventies and early eighties when the New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee , South African captain Clive Rice and England batsman Derek Randall led
100-624: A batsman-only became less frequent. He continued to contribute useful runs, but did not score any more centuries. In 1977, the emergence of Paul Downton as a new Kent wicketkeeper brought the end of Nicholls' first-class career, though he continued to play second eleven matches until 1980 and also reappeared in a few one-day matches in the 1980 season. He then went on to work for the sports company Lillywhite Frowd based in Tonbridge . David Nicholls at ESPNcricinfo Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
125-529: A force in the period before 1900. Thanks largely to the outstanding bowling combination of Tom Wass and Albert Hallam , the county won the County Championship in 1907 when George Gunn , John Gunn and Wilfred Payton were also prominent. Between the wars Notts enjoyed the services of the famous bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce . Strong batting from George Gunn , Arthur Carr and Dodger Whysall saw them emerge as champions in 1929 after losing
150-434: A regular player in the 1972 season, but he failed to make 1,000 runs and his highest score was just 60. Wisden noted in both 1973 and 1974, however, that Kent had almost an embarrassment of batting talent at its disposal, and between 1972 and 1977, with the exception of the 1975 season, Nicholls' batting average was in the low 20s. It meant that though he commanded a place when he was acting as Knott's deputy, his appearances as
175-630: A second major trophy of the Read era with victory in the YB40 one-day competition. While further titles eluded them, Notts remained a fixture in the First Division of the Championship for the next decade under Read's long-running captaincy, also featuring a number of England players including Stuart Broad , Graeme Swann , Alex Hales , James Taylor and Samit Patel . In 2017, trophy success returned to Notts. Under
200-404: A wicketkeeper. In both roles, he usually had to play second fiddle to Kent's established stars, being behind Peter Richardson , Brian Luckhurst , Mike Denness and Graham Johnson for most of his career as an opening batsman, and being deputy to Alan Knott as wicketkeeper. In an 18-season first-class cricket career, he played more than 200 matches for Kent, plus almost 100 List A games, but
225-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages David Nicholls (cricketer) David Nicholls (8 December 1943 – 10 June 2008), was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club during the 1960s and 1970s. He was born at East Dereham in Norfolk and died at Dartford in Kent in 2008 aged 64. Nicholls was a powerfully-built left-handed batsman, usually used as an opener, and
250-427: Is known to have played matches from 1771 onwards and 15 matches involving this side have been awarded first-class status from 1826. A single first-class match was played by a combined Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire side in 1803 but the first Nottinghamshire sides played in 1829. Eight matches played by this side between 1835 and 1840 have first-class status. The formal creation of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
275-556: Is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire . The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws . The county club was founded in 1841, although teams had played first-class cricket under the Nottinghamshire name since 1835. The county club has always held first-class status. Nottinghamshire had competed in
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#1733105977371300-569: The County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level elite domestic cricket competition in England. The club plays most of its home games at the Trent Bridge cricket ground in West Bridgford , Nottingham , which is also a venue for Test matches . The club has played matches at numerous other venues in the county. Nottingham Cricket Club
325-661: The County Championship and NatWest Pro40 outright, losing to Hampshire on the final day and Sussex on the final ball respectively. In 2010, Nottinghamshire made it to Finals Day of the Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup . Drawn against Somerset , Notts lost on the Duckworth Lewis method. However, they won the County Championship on the last day, having lost the preceding two matches, with Somerset in second place tied on points but with one less win. 2013 brought
350-584: The Kent side was in transition and captain Colin Cowdrey was injured for much of the season. Luckhurst and Denness took advantage of vacancies in the batting line-up to establish themselves in the side, but Nicholls was unable to do so: although he played in 16 first-class matches, he made only 684 runs at an average of just 25. He did, however, make the highest individual score of the whole English season, 211 against Derbyshire at Folkestone in 335 minutes. It remained
375-520: The captaincy of Australian Dan Christian , they won their first T20 Blast trophy beating Birmingham Bears in the final, whilst in the same season securing the Royal London One-Day Cup with victory over Surrey. Read, by now only captaining the first-class side, retired in 2017 and was replaced as club captain by Steven Mullaney , with Christian continuing to lead the T20 side. Despite struggles in
400-460: The deputy wicket-keeper... Nicholls emerged as a highly successful opening batsman, scoring his runs quickly and in entertaining fashion, well-deserving to reach 1,000 for the first time in his career. He met with equal success either opening with Luckhurst or, in that batsman's absence on Test duty, with Denness." He finally added a second century to the double he had scored in 1963, making 135 against Lancashire at Southport . Nicholls remained
425-524: The fields of political theology and Caribbean Studies David Nicholls (musicologist) (born 1955), English academic and composer David Nicholls (writer) (born 1966), English novelist and screenwriter David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect See also [ edit ] David Nicholl (disambiguation) David Nichols (disambiguation) Dave Nichol (1940–2013), Canadian product marketing expert David Nicolle (born 1944), British historian [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
450-587: The highest score of Nicholls' first-class career. That career did not go forward much over the next few seasons. Nicholls remained a fringe first-team player, with his batting average drooping below 20. From 1967, however, he began to act as deputy wicketkeeper to Knott, and with Knott increasingly selected as England 's wicketkeeper, Nicholls played fairly regularly from 1968 through to 1976. Wisden noted in 1969 that "he would prove even more useful if he could recover his batting form". In 1969, batting improvement came, and Nicholls played in several games where Knott
475-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Nicholls&oldid=1226777017 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
500-400: The team to the County Championship in 1981. The club's most successful season came in 1987, as Rice and Hadlee marked their departure with the double of County Championship and NatWest Trophy . Chris Broad and Tim Robinson continued the club's long tradition of batting excellence into the England team but for some years the club struggled to repeat those achievements, although they did claim
525-518: The team to victory. However, the success was not sustained in 2006 and Notts were relegated by a margin of just half a point, although they had more success in the shorter formats and ended up runners-up on their debut appearance at Twenty20 Cup finals day. In 2007, Notts won promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship, finishing second in Division Two. In 2008, the first season of Chris Read 's captaincy, they came close to winning both
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#1733105977371550-512: The title on the final day of the season in 1927. Prior to the second war, opening batsman Walter Keeton gained Test recognition, though the bowling was less effective. Through the early fifties the team was weak. The signing of the Australian leg break bowler Bruce Dooland , arrested the decline but until the signing of the incomparable Garfield Sobers in 1968, the team was weak. Sobers hit Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan for six sixes in an over in
575-532: Was a regular member of the side with a fixed place in the team for only a couple of years in the early 1970s. In one of those seasons, 1971, he completed exactly 1,000 first-class runs, the only time he passed this particular landmark. Nicholls made his first-class debut as a 16-year-old in 1960 but did not bat, bowl or keep wicket in his only game that season. He appeared next in 1962, playing nine first-class matches and making his first score of more than 50 – 76 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge . In 1963,
600-424: Was also playing: he scored 743 runs and his average rose to 23. He was also awarded his county cap. Kent's County Championship -winning season of 1970 was not a success for Nicholls, but in 1971, with Luckhurst joining Knott as an England regular and Cowdrey ill for much of the season, he established himself as a regular opener as well as deputising as wicketkeeper. Wisden noted: "He was not merely to be regarded as
625-506: Was enacted in March or April 1841 (the exact date has been lost). William Clarke established Trent Bridge as a cricket venue adjacent to the public house he ran. It was Clarke's successor as Nottinghamshire captain, George Parr , who first captained a united England touring team in 1859. The club elected its first president, Sir Henry Bromley , in 1869. Early professional greats such as Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury ensured that Notts were
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