Andrew Kenneth Golding (born 5 October 1963) is a former English
cricket
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er. Golding was a right-handed
batsman
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who bowled
slow left-arm orthodox
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Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bowler using the fingers to spin ...
. He was born in
Colchester
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, Essex.
Golding made his only
first-class appearance for
Essex
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against the touring
New Zealanders
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in 1983. In this match, he took the head of
Ian Smith
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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
England Young Cricketers
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against
Australia Young Cricketers. Golding later went on to study at
Cambridge University
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, with him making his first-class debut for
Cambridge University Cricket Club
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against
Leicestershire in 1984. He made 14 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against
Middlesex
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in 1988.
In his 15 first-class appearance for the university, he runs at an
average
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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
Hampshire
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in the
1986 Benson & Hedges Cup
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The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Fixtures and results
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarter-finals
...
. 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
Northumberland
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It is bordered by land ...
. He played
Minor counties
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cricket for Suffolk from 1990 to 1996, making 54 Minor Counties Championship
and 10
MCCA Knockout Trophy
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appearances.
He made his first List A appearance for Suffolk against
Worcestershire
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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
Somerset
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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.
References
External links
Andrew Goldingat
ESPNcricinfo
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1963 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Colchester
English cricketers
Essex cricketers
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Cambridge University cricketers
Suffolk cricketers
Northumberland cricketers
Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
British Universities cricketers