Simon Peter Hoadley (born 16 August 1956) is a former English

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er. Hoadley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Eridge,

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. Hoadley made his first-class debut for

against the touring New Zealanders in 1978. He made eleven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the

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. In his twelve first-class matches, he scored a total of 329 runs at an average of 17.31, with a high score of 112. This score was his only first-class

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and came against

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in 1978. Hoadley also made three

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appearances for Sussex in the

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against Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Middlesex. He scored just 17 runs at an average of 8.50, with a high score of 17 in these three matches. His brother, Stephen, also played first-class and List A cricket for Sussex.

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