Richard Ellwood (born 6 April 1965) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Ellwood was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Penrith,

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

. Ellwood made his debut for

in the 1984

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

against Lincolnshire. Ellwood played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1984 to 2000, including 49 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1989, he made his

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debut against Lancashire in the NatWest Trophy. He played three further List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the

1995 NatWest Trophy The 1995 NatWest Trophy was the 15th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 2 September 1995. The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northampt ...

. In his four List A matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 29.00, with a high score of 24 *. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a

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of 59.00, with best figures of 2/49. His 2 wickets came against Essex in the

1992 NatWest Trophy The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Le ...

and were those of Test cricketers Graham Gooch and Mark Waugh. He also played Second XI cricket for the Leicestershire Second XI, the Lancashire Second XI and the Essex Second XI.

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