Richard Lindsay Hesketh (born 30 March 1988) is an
English medical doctor and a former first-class cricketer.
Hesketh was born at
Cambridge in March 1988. He was educated in Cambridge at
The Perse School
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, before going up to
Cardiff University
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to study medicine.
From there he studied for his
doctorate at
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...
. While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in
first-class cricket in 2010, playing one match apiece for
Cambridge MCCU
Cambridge University Cricket Club, first recorded in 1817, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. Depending on the circumstances of each individual match, the club has always been recognised as holding ...
against
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
at
Fenner's and for
Cambridge University against
Oxford University in
The University Match at
Oxford. He scored 38 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 20.
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1988 births
Living people
Cricketers from Cambridge
People educated at The Perse School
Alumni of Cardiff University
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
English cricketers
Cambridge MCCU cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
21st-century English medical doctors