Andrew Kenneth Golding (born 5 October 1963) is a former English

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er. Golding was a right-handed

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who bowled

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. He was born in

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, Essex. Golding made his only first-class appearance for

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against the touring

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in 1983. In this match, he took the head of

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in the New Zealander's first-innings, for the cost of 44 runs from 14 overs. In their second-innings he dismissed the same batsman, this time conceding 53 runs from 14 overs. Following this match he played a Youth

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for

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against Australia Young Cricketers. Golding later went on to study at

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, with him making his first-class debut for

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against Leicestershire in 1984. He made 14 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against

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in 1988. In his 15 first-class appearance for the university, he runs at an

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of 17.94 mph, with a high score of 47. With the ball, he took 16 wickets at an expensive bowling average of 91.81, with best figures of 3/51. He also made an appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring New Zealanders in 1986. While at the university he made his List A for the Combined Universities against

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in the

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. He made 3 further List A appearances for the team, all of which came in that seasons Benson & Hedges Cup. He joined Suffolk in 1990, making his debut for the county in that seasons Minor Counties Championship against

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. He played

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cricket for Suffolk from 1990 to 1996, making 54 Minor Counties Championship and 10

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appearances. He made his first List A appearance for Suffolk against

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in the 1990 NatWest Trophy. He made 3 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against

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in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches for Suffolk, he took 5 wickets at an average of 25.00, with best figures of 2/15. He later joined Northumberland, playing Minor counties cricket for the county from 1997 to 1999, making 16 Minor Counties Championship and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.

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