Dominic Adrian Clapp (born 25 May 1980) is an English former

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er. Clapp was born at

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in May 1980 and was educated at

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. Clapp made his senior debut in county cricket for the Sussex Cricket Board in a List A one-day match against

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in the 1st round of the

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; with Sussex winning the match, he subsequently appeared in the following round against Berkshire at

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, which Sussex lost. In 2000, he was offered a one-year contract extension by Sussex, alongside Paul Havell,

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, and

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. Having played for the Sussex Second XI in 3-day matches since 1999, Clapp made his first-class debut for Sussex against Leicestershire at Horsham in the

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; he credited his first-class debut to Les Lenham, who helped Clapp to improve his batting in the nets during the winter of 2001–02. He made a single one-day appearance for Sussex, against the touring

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in 2002. Having been released by Sussex at the end of the 2002 season, Clapp joined

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for the 2003 season. He made just one first-class appearance for Hampshire, against Oxford UCCE at

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in 2003. He was released by Hampshire at the end of the 2005 season. Clapp proceeded to play

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for Brighton and Hove Cricket Club. In 2006, he became only the third player to score 1,000 runs in the Sussex Cricket League. The following season, he joined Worthing Cricket Club as captain. In May 2008, he made the highest individual score in the Sussex Cricket League by a Worthing batsman, when he made 200

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at Manor Road against Pulborough Cricket Club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clapp, Dominic 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Southport Cricketers from Merseyside People educated at Lancing College English cricketers Sussex Cricket Board cricketers Sussex cricketers Hampshire cricketers