David Brian Drury (born 1 May 1961) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

. Drury made his debut for Cumberland in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

on 28 May 1985, playing as a specialist batsman at number seven. Cumberland, who had former

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er David Lloyd opening the batting, won the match by 116 runs, with Drury scoring 27 in the first-innings and 24* in the second. He played in five further matches in the Minor Counties Championship, but failed to better his score of 27. His only

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appearance came in the first round of the 1985 NatWest Trophy, when he scored four runs during a loss to

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

. Drury now plays cricket for Ipswich Cricket Club in Suffolk. His son Matthew is also a cricketer, playing for Suffolk 2nd XI and South of England Development teams.

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* * 1961 births Living people Cumberland cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 English cricketers Wicket-keepers Sportspeople from Blackpool Cricketers from Lancashire {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub