Quentin John Hughes (born 17 October 1974) is an English

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er. Hughes is a left-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born in

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, County Durham. Hughes attended

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and

St Edmund's College, Cambridge St Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. Founded in 1896, it is the second-oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which accept only students reading for postgraduate degr ...

. He made his debut in County Cricket for

in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against

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. He played one further match for the county in the 1991 season, which came against Suffolk. With Durham's elevation to the

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and with it first-class status, Hughes' services were no longer required by the county. In 1997, he made his debut in

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for

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against

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. From 1997 to 2000, he represented the University in 27 first-class matches, the last of which came against

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. He also played a single match for a

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team against the touring

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in 1999. In his 28 first-class matches, he scored 1,086 runs at a

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of 31.94, with 5 half centuries and 2

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, with a high score of 119. In the field he took 7 catches. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 64.60, with best figures of 2/73. Hughes later represented the

Durham Cricket Board The Durham Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county ...

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. His debut List A match came against

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in the

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. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against

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in the 2nd round of the

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which was held in 2002. In 2003, he joined Cumberland where he played 2 Minor Counties Championship matches for the county in that season against Hertfordshire and

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. He also played his final List A match for Cumberland, which came against

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in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003.Scotland v Cumberland, 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (2003)
/ref> In his combined total of 5 List A matches, he scored 135 runs at an average of 27.00, with a single half century high score of 51. In the field he also took 2 catches. With the ball he took a single wicket at an average of 75.00, with best figures of 1/53. He currently plays club cricket for

Chester-le-Street Cricket Club Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea at ...

in the

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Family

His father, Tim, played List A and

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cricket for Durham.

References

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