Christopher Curzon
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Christopher Colin Curzon (born 22 December 1958) is a retired English
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 cricket
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er. Curzon was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.

Curzon made his first-class
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 debut for Nottinghamshire
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 against Northamptonshire
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 in the 1978 County Championship
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. During the same season Curzon also made his one-day debut against Yorkshire
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. Curzon represented the club in seventeen first-class matches, the last of which came against Yorkshire in 1980. Curzon's last one-day game for Nottinghamshire came against Northamptonshire in the Quarter-Final of the 1980 Benson and Hedges Cup. This was also to be the last one-day game of Curzon's career. At the end of the 1980 season Curzon left Nottinghamshire.

Curzon played a single first-class match for Hampshire
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 in 1981 against the touring Sri Lankans. This was his only appearance for Hampshire.

External links

  • Christopher Curzon at Cricinfo
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  • Christopher Curzon at CricketArchive
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