Callum David Fraser-Darling (born 30 September 1963) is a former English

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er. Fraser-Darling was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at

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, Yorkshire.

Early life

He was the son of the doctor, Alisdair Fraser-Darling, from St Vincent's House in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire. A sister was born on 25 September 1957. He attended Edinburgh Academy. He played cricket and rugby for the Scottish schools teams.

Sporting career

Fraser-Darling made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1984. He made ten further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against

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in 1988. In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 242 runs at an

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of 24.20, with a high score of 61. This score was the only time he passed fifty and came against

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in 1986. With the ball, he took 17 wickets at a

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of 51.52, with best figures of 5/84. These figures were his only

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and came against Northamptonshire in 1986. He made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He made fifteen further List A appearances, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his sixteen List A appearances, took 18 wickets at an average of 26.38, with best figures of 3/23. With the bat, he scored just 60 runs at an

of 8.57, with a high score of 11.

Career

He left Nottinghamshire at the end of the 1988 season, soon after he pursued a career as a police officer. He still serves today as a police

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with

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. Since 1989 he has represented the British Police cricket team.

References

External links

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1963 births Living people British police officers Cricketers from Lincolnshire Cricketers from Sheffield English cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 Nottinghamshire cricketers People educated at Edinburgh Academy People from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub