Richard Graham Lumb (born 27 February 1950,

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) is an English

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er, who started playing cricket for Brodsworth Main C.C. in Doncaster and then played for

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from 1969 to 1984. He was educated at Richmond Hill primary school Sprotborough and

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Adwick le Street.Admissions Registers. Percy Jackson GS Collection, Doncaster Archives He was a tall, right-handed opening batsman of solid technique. He formed an opening partnership with

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for his native county, and was a stalwart player in an era of scant success for the Yorkshire team. He also played first-class cricket for the

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(MCC) (1975–1980) Young England (1973), Rest of England (1976) and T. N. Pearce's XI (1976). In addition, he appeared for the Yorkshire Second XI (1968–1984), Yorkshire Under-25s (1972–1974), and the Scarborough Festival XI (1983) in non first-class games. In 245 first-class matches he scored 11,723 runs, at an average of 31.17 with 22 hundreds, the largest being 165 not out against

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, one of four centuries he recorded against them. In 137 one day matches he made 2,784 runs at 25.30, with a best score of 101 against

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. He is the brother in law of the

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n first-class cricketer, A. J. S. Smith. His son, Michael Lumb, also played for Yorkshire before moving to

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for the 2007 season, and subsequently to Nottinghamshire in 2012.

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1950 births Living people Cricketers from Doncaster English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers Young England cricketers English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 {{england-cricket-bio-1950s-stub