Andrew David Curtis (born 1943) is a former English cricketer with

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

and

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Career

Andrew David Curtis was born on 12 January 1943 in Bedford and was educated at Elstow Primary School,

Bedford Modern School Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school in Bedford, England. The school has its origins in Bedford Charity, The Harpur Trust, born from the financial endowment, endowments le ...

, the

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and

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university ...

. He played cricket for English Universities 1963-65, and both football and cricket for the Oxford University teams without gaining a Blue in either. His first-class cricket debut appearance was against

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in the 1966 season where he was bowled by

Peter Willey Peter Willey (born 6 December 1949) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the ...

for 15. He played as a batsman for Bedfordshire in the

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from 1964-1981, during which time the county won two Minor County championships and twice finished as runners up. As a teacher his career embraced Head of Economics and Cricket Master, firstly at Hulme Grammar School, Oldham, and subsequently at Bedford Modern School, during which time they won the national schools' Lord's Taverners Trophy by defeating Rugby School at Edgbaston, and at

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding scho ...

, where he coached and nurtured many pupils who went on to play first class county and Test match cricket. A. Underwood, ''The School of the Black and the Red'' (Revised edition, Bedford, 2010), p. 250 Following his retirement from teaching in 2004, he became Chairman of Somerset Cricket Board (and thereafter Somerset Cricket Foundation,) from 2005 -2021, Chairman of Somerset Schools Cricket Association, and a trustee of several local cricket charities helping young cricketers within the county.In 2021 he was made an Honorary Life Member of Somerset County Cricket Club for his services to cricket within the county.

References

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