Simon Francis Forde (born 22 January 1972) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played ten first-class and twenty

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matches for

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between 1998 and 2001. Forde was born at Tuatapere in Southland in 1972. He worked as a police officer and was awarded a bronze medal for bravery by the

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after attempting to extinguish a fire with two colleagues and searched a burning building for injured survivors. Since retiring from playing cricket he has been a selector for the Otago side.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 51. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

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* 1972 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers People from Tuatapere {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub