Nicolas Archer (born 30 August 1955) is an English former first-class cricketer.[1][2] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Staffordshire. He was born in Walsall.
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| Full name | Nicolas Archer | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1955 Walsall, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1995 | Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 4 July 1984 Staffordshire v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 27 June 1995 Staffordshire v Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Archer made his Minor Counties Championship debut the week before his 18th birthday, though he would not make another appearance in the competition for five years. He made his List A debut during the 1984 season, and made a single List A appearance in every season up to 1995, as Staffordshire lost every one of their first-round NatWest Trophy matches of that period.
A lower-middle order batsman, Archer remained the team's captain from his second to his final match, wherein that time he became their highest run-scorer with a run total of 10,651 runs.[3]
Archer also held a great passion for rugby, where he played as a fly-half for Walsall and later moved on to Mosley rugby.[citation needed]
From 2000 to 2023 he served as the general manager of the Birmingham and District Premier League.[4] He is chairman of the National Counties Cricket Association and prior to this did a stint as Staffordshire cricket chairman and before that 10 years as their secretary.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Nicolas Archer". Cricinfo.
- ^ Nicolas Archer at Cricket Archive
- ^ "The Wisden Club Cricket Hall of Fame: Nick Archer". Wisden. 3 October 2020.
- ^ Smith, Paul (28 November 2023). "Nick Archer receives rousing AGM send-off". Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Travers, Chris (30 January 2020). "Staffordshire County Cricket Club elect new president". StokeonTrentLive.