Grahame Jeffrey Clarke (born 1 August 1965) is a former English

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er. Clarke was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Lancaster, Lancashire. Clarke made his debut for

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in the 1985

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against Bedfordshire. Clarke played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1985 to 1998, including 64 Minor Counties Championship matches and 13 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his

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debut against Middlesex in the NatWest Trophy. He played six further List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the

1997 NatWest Trophy The 1997 NatWest Trophy was the 17th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 7 September 1997. The tournament was won by Essex County Cricket Club who defeated Warwickshire Co ...

. In his seven List A matches, he scored 132 runs at a batting average of 18.85, with a high score of 61. His highest score came against

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in the

1987 NatWest Trophy The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987. The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire who defeated Northamptonshire by 3 wicke ...

. He also played Second XI cricket for the Lancashire Second XI.

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