Underrated durham players

[chopsfc007]

Mark Davies was quality

 

[Marcosplace]

Its a hard one. Cricket is a sport where individuals performances are recorded objectively. The stats don’t lie.

 

[Struts]

Kyle Coetzer
Gareth Breese
Michael Richardson
Mitchell Claydon

 

[The Red Telephone]

Stewart Hutton.
John Wood.

 

[Bri]

On the few occasions I saw him I always though Hickey looked good and I was a bit surprised when he was let go. One of the victims of the financial situation I suppose.

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Thought McCarthy had potential. Complicated by the Ireland situation though

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Melvyn Betts. A bit over shadowed by pace bowlers Durham have produced after him but for me I thought he was the counties best young cricketer of the 90s.

 

[Stattos child]

Melvyn Betts. A bit over shadowed by pace bowlers Durham have produced after him but for me I thought he was the counties best young cricketer of the 90s.

Excellent player
Played with him when he moved from sacriston to phili
Next year he was at Durham. Had some really bad back injuries iirc which held him back a bit

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Excellent player
Played with him when he moved from sacriston to phili
Next year he was at Durham. Had some really bad back injuries iirc which held him back a bit

Yeah if it wasn't for the back problems I think he had a realistic chance of playing international cricket.

 

[The Breen Machine]

Melvyn Betts. A bit over shadowed by pace bowlers Durham have produced after him but for me I thought he was the counties best young cricketer of the 90s.

Was almost destructive on his day.

Another shout for Gareth Breese here.

 

[mikemanc]

Its a hard one. Cricket is a sport where individuals performances are recorded objectively. The stats don’t lie.

If you look at Flintoff's stats they aren't great (in terms of 5 wicket hauls etc) but he had the ability to turn a game.

I guess you might have an ok average but still get the runs/wickets when your team really needed them, the opposite of a flat track bully

 

[Mackem DJ]

Martin Saggers. Promising seamer who never got a chance off Boon iirc
Will Gidman. Best allrounder in Div2 after he left us. Just so happened to play in one of them squads with staggering levels of depth.

Usman Arshad. See above. Had some
Impressive stats to say he ended up on the scrap heap And out the first class game

statistically Callum Thorp and Mark Davies were hideously effective seam bowlers who probably didn’t get enough credit.

Trawling yearbooks has made me realise what a shocking team we had at the start of the millenium.... Symington, Pattison, Brenkley, Ryan Robinson, Danny Law........

 

[hudson88]

Stewart Hutton.
John Wood.

Hutton became an IT teacher (I think!).

He was my registration teacher in around 2003/04 and put this cricket game on our computers. We stumbled across a Durham player called Hutton, and someone said jokingly ‘yes it’s Mr Hutton’. Someone asked him and he went very red, refused to answer and we couldn’t get on the game again.

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Martin Saggers. Promising seamer who never got a chance off Boon iirc
Will Gidman. Best allrounder in Div2 after he left us. Just so happened to play in one of them squads with staggering levels of depth.

Usman Arshad. See above. Had some
Impressive stats to say he ended up on the scrap heap And out the first class game

statistically Callum Thorp and Mark Davies were hideously effective seam bowlers who probably didn’t get enough credit.

Trawling yearbooks has made me realise what a shocking team we had at the start of the millenium.... Symington, Pattison, Brenkley, Ryan Robinson, Danny Law........

Ryan Robinson! Christ even I forgot about him he was related to Alan Walker. One of the most curious signings of the early noughties was Vince Wells with the cunning plan that he could commute from Leicester up here for home games. Lasted about 3 months into 2 year deal.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Ryan Robinson! Christ even I forgot about him he was related to Alan Walker. One of the most curious signings of the early noughties was Vince Wells with the cunning plan that he could commute from Leicester up here for home games. Lasted about 3 months into 2 year deal.

The only thing I can remember about Ryan Robinson was that he almost became the first player to clear the Don Robson Pavilion when he hit a six at The Riverside in a limited overs match.

I still think we only signed Wells to stop him taking wickets/ scoring runs against us.

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

The only thing I can remember about Ryan Robinson was that he almost became the first player to clear the Don Robson Pavilion when he hit a six at The Riverside in a limited overs match.

I still think we only signed Wells to stop him taking wickets/ scoring runs against us.

Yeah Robinson had that one knock where he scored one of the fastest 50s for Durham then disappeared.
Wells was part of that Leicestershire team that used to destroy Durham for fun. I think he was last seen at the Riverside lying prone in the carpark when his back had gone.

 

[The Breen Machine]

Ryan Robinson! Christ even I forgot about him he was related to Alan Walker. One of the most curious signings of the early noughties was Vince Wells with the cunning plan that he could commute from Leicester up here for home games. Lasted about 3 months into 2 year deal.

Wells was a fine county cricketer with Leicestershire but was well past his best by the time he came up here. A forgettable stint.

Alan Walker had his moments!

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Wells was a fine county cricketer with Leicestershire but was well past his best by the time he came up here. A forgettable stint.

Alan Walker had his moments!

Yes it was the bad signings that where repeatedly made in the late 90s and early noughties that did quite a few of those young unfulfilled talents no favours at all in terms of leadership.

 

[The Breen Machine]

Yes it was the bad signings that where repeatedly made in the late 90s and early noughties that did quite a few of those young unfulfilled talents no favours at all in terms of leadership.

There were quite a few that signed as they were approaching their latter years and seemed good signings at the time but never really performed - Roseberry, Speak, Speight, Hamilton, Wells..

 

[The Red Telephone]

There were quite a few that signed as they were approaching their latter years and seemed good signings at the time but never really performed - Roseberry, Speak, Speight, Hamilton, Wells..

....Boiling, Foster, Danny Law.