Richard Elms

Richard Burtenshaw Elms (born 5 April 1949) is a former English professional cricketer. Elms played as an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left-arm fast-medium pace. He was born in Sutton in Surrey in 1949.[1]

Richard Elms
Personal information
Full name
Richard Burtenshaw Elms
Born (1949-04-05) 5 April 1949
Sutton, Surrey
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1970–1976Kent
1977–1978Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 72 54
Runs scored 558 77
Batting average 11.16 7.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 48 19
Balls bowled 8,672 2,298
Wickets 116 52
Bowling average 39.70 30.88
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/38 3/27
Catches/stumpings 17/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2010

Having played for the county second Xi since 1967, Elms made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club in the 1970 County Championship against Hampshire. In 1971 he appeared more regularly for Kent, making his List A cricket debut against Sussex. Elms played for Kent in 55 first-class and 46 List-A matches. His final first-class appearance for Kent came in 1976 against Glamorgan and his final List-A appearance came in the same season against the same opposition.[2]

In 1977 Elms joined Hampshire, making his debut against Somerset. He played 17 first-class and eight one-day matches for Hampshire, with his final appearances coming in the 1978 season.

After leaving professional cricket, Elms moved to South Africa where he became a cricket coach in Transvaal.[3]

References
  1. Richard Elms, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  2. Richard Elms, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  3. Where are they now? Kent – B&H winners and Sunday League champions 1973, The Cricket Paper, 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2017-06-03.

Richard Elms at ESPNcricinfo

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