Richard John Harding (born 14 October 1966) is a former English

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er. Harding was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. Harding made his debut for

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

in the 1994

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against

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

. From 1994 to 1998, he represented the county in 17 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Shropshire in 1994. From 1994 to 1998, he represented the county in 9 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. He also represented Herefordshire in 3

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matches. These came against Durham 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 ...

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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 ...

and

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in the

1998 NatWest Trophy The 1998 NatWest Trophy was the 18th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1998. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Derbyshire C ...

. In his 3 matches, he scored 29 runs at a batting average of 14.50, with a high score of 17. In the field he took a single

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. With the ball, he bowled 26 wicket-less overs.List A Bowling For Each Team by Richard Harding
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Richard 1966 births Living people Cricketers from Bristol English cricketers Herefordshire cricketers