James Alan Regan (born 30 May 1994) is an English

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er who played for

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. He is a right-handed

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who also plays as a

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. He has recently signed for Bridgwater Cricket Club but the bookies have short odds on him reversing that decision before the start of the season to stay at his beloved St Andrews.

Life and career

James Regan was born in

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on 30 May 1994. Regan attended St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Farnborough and All Hallows Catholic School, Farnham before moving onto King's College, where he scored runs heavily. Regan joined the

academy in 2011 and featured significantly for the Somerset Second XI towards the end of the summer with both bat and gloves. Regan made his first-class debut for Somerset against

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on 31 March 2012, following the decision to rest senior wicket-keepers

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and

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. Regan didn't bat in Somerset's only innings of the match and failed to take a catch behind the stumps. Regan then kept wicket for part of the two-day match against the touring

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in July 2012. Regan spent the 2012–13 winter playing

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for Latrobe Cricket Club in Tasmania, Australia. In 2013, Regan played regularly for the Somerset 2nd XI but his only first team match was against Cardiff MCCU in a three-day match. Having played regularly and scored well with the bat for the Second XI in the 2014 season, Regan was expected to make his break through into the first team in 2015. However, before the career-ending injury to

, Regan broke his

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on his right index finger just on the knuckle. With

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as the only fit wicket-keeper in the squad, the county signed Michael Bates as cover. At the end of the 2015 season, Regan was released by Somerset. Regan subsequently announced that he would retrain as an independent financial advisor, with Taunton-based Cooper Associates. He now works in the mortgage division of the company and looks after a number of clients from within cricket.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regan, James 1994 births Living people Cricketers from Frimley People educated at King's College, Taunton English cricketers Somerset cricketers English men's footballers Taunton Town F.C. players Chard Town F.C. players Men's association football players not categorized by position Wiltshire cricketers