William Richard Holmes (born 25 November 1952) is a former English

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er. Holmes was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. While studying at the

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, Holmes made a single appearance in

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for the university cricket team in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against

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at the

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. In a match which Sussex won by 186 runs, Holmes bowled eleven wicketless overs and was dismissed for just one run by

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. This was his only appearance for Cambridge University, with him not featuring in any first-class fixtures for the team.

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