Simon John Halliday (born 23 October 1958) is an

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former

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er. Halliday made his debut in List A one-day cricket for

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against

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at Trent Bridge in the

1987 NatWest Trophy The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987. The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire who defeated Northamptonshire by 3 wicke ...

. He made four further List A appearances for Suffolk, the last coming against

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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 ...

. He scored just 18 runs in these five matches. He also played

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for Suffolk from 1986–1997, making 73 appearances in the

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and nine appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. He scored 2,939 runs in the Minor Counties Championship, at an

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of 25.11 and a high score of 113. He later became the master in charge of cricket at

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. He was touring Sri Lanka in December 2004 with a team from Harrow, when he survived the

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by climbing the pavilion at the Galle International Stadium along with fifteen boys from the touring party.

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