Kenneth Pearson (born 30 August 1951) is a former English

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er. Pearson was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bedlington, Northumberland. Pearson made his debut for Northumberland against

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in the 1972

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1972 to 1989, making 156 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his

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appearance for Northumberland against Bedfordshire in the

1977 Gillette Cup The 1977 Gillette Cup was the fifteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 29 June and 3 September 1977. The tournament was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club who defeated Glamorgan County ...

. He made 5 further List A appearances for Northumberland, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In these, he scored 153 runs at an average of 25.50, with a high score of 61. His score, his only half century for the county, came against Essex in the

1986 NatWest Trophy The 1986 NatWest Trophy was the 6th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 6 September 1986. The tournament was won by Sussex who defeated Lancashire by 7 wickets in the final ...

. Playing for Northumberland allowed him to play for a combined Minor counties team in one form or another. In 1976, he made his only first-class appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring West Indians. In this match he opened the batting for the Minor Counties, being dismissed by Bernard Julien for 4 runs in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by

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. It was for Minor Counties East that he made his debut in List A cricket for, against Nottinghamshire in the

1976 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club. Compared with the previous year, the groups were no longer organised on a region ...

. He made 7 further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup. In these 8 matches, he scored 170 runs at an average of 21.25, with a high score of 74. This score, his only half century for the team, came against Middlesex in 1976. He later made 2 List A appearances for

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in the

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, against Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. These matches were without success, with Pearson scoring 2 runs.

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