David Hughes (cricketer)

For the cricketer born 1978, see David Hughes (cricketer, born 1978).

David Hughes

Personal information
Full name	David Paul Hughes
Born	13 May 1947 (1947-05-13) (age 64) Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1967–1991	Lancashire
1975/76–1976/77	Tasmania
1971–1972	MCC
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA
Matches	447	458
Runs scored	10,419	4,993
Batting average	21.79	20.63
100s/50s	8/45	0/11
Top score	153	92*
Balls bowled	43,458	8,482
Wickets	655	248
Bowling average	30.31	23.55
5 wickets in innings	20	6
10 wickets in match	2	–
Best bowling	7/24	6/29
Catches/stumpings	325/–	146/–
Source: Cricinfo.com, 6 July 2009

David Paul Hughes (born 13 May 1947) is an English former cricketer. Though he never played for England, he was a stalwart of the Lancashire side for more than two decades, making 10,419 first-class runs. Though he batted right-handed, he also took 655 wickets with his left-arm spin.

Hughes was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire. Making his debut in 1967, he was capped in 1970. During the 1971 Gillette Cup semi-final against Gloucestershire on 28 July 1971, Hughes walked out to bat in with the time approaching a quarter to nine in the evening and 25 runs still needed from the five remaining overs. There was a suggestion that the umpires would have to abandon play for the day and finish the game the following morning - but Hughes hit 24 off a single over and set up a Lancashire win.

Hughes played for D. H. Robins' XI in South Africa in 1971/72 and for Tasmania in 1975/76 and 1976/77, and accompanied Lancashire on three overseas tours in the mid-1980s, but otherwise stayed at home; of his 447 first-class matches, only ten were not played on British soil. He was captain of Lancashire between 1987 and his retirement in 1991, and in the first of these years Lancashire finished second in the County Championship; in 1988 Hughes was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He was given two benefit seasons, in 1981 and 1992, which raised a total of £145,000.

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Name	Hughes, David
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Date of birth	13 May 1947
Place of birth	Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire
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