Eric H. Dulfer (born 6 April 1961) is a former Dutch international

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er who represented the Dutch national side between 1985 and 1997. He played as a right-arm

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bowler. Dulfer was born in

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, and played his club cricket for Excelsior '20. He made his senior national debut in 1985, on a tour of England,Miscellaneous matches played by Eric Dulfer
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. and the following year played a single match at the 1986 ICC Trophy in England (against

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). At the 1990 ICC Trophy, which the Netherlands hosted, Dulfer played in seven of his team's nine matches, including the final against

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. He took 11 wickets, behind only

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and

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amongst his teammates, and against

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took figures of 5/38. Dulfer toured England in 1992, playing against several county teams, but then had to wait five years for another game with the national team. He returned to the side in June 1997, in a friendly match against

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, and later in the year played against

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in the 1997 NatWest Trophy, a game which held List A status.List A matches played by Eric Dulfer
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. Dulfer married fellow cricketer Ingrid Keijzer (played 95 games for the Dutch national handballteam women) has 3 children and is the father of the handball player

Kelly Dulfer Kelly Dulfer (born 21 March 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Borussia Dortmund and the Dutch national team. Career She competed for the national team in the 2013 Møbelringen Cup in Norway. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World ...

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