David John Green is a former English

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 cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1953 and 1960 and for Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 from 1957 to 1959.

Green was born in Burton-on-Trent. His first County Championship appearances for Derbyshire came at the age of 17 during the 1953 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

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. He remained a force in the middle order in the 1954 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1954 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.-1954...

, and following an impressive display against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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, was selected to play for Derbyshire against the touring Pakistanis

Pakistani cricket team in England in 1954

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He appeared occasionally throughout the 1955 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.-1955...

 and made a strong finish to 1956. He then went to Cambridge University and he spent the following spring playing for the University making impressive showings against County Cricket teams before resuming his role as a Derbyshire player later in the 1957 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1957

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1957 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty six years. It was their fifty-third season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the County Championship.-1957...

. This pattern was repeated in 1958, although he made no appearances for Derbyshire during 1959. He played for Cambridge in the Varsity match in 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Green returned briefly for Derbyshire in the 1960 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1960

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1960 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty nine years. It was their fifty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.-1960...

, and played for Free Foresters in 1860 and 1961 against Cambridge University.

Green also played for Derbyshire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship and the Second XI Championship. In 1964 he played a one-day match for Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Cricket Club

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Green was a right-handed batsman and played 152 innings in 87 first class matches with an average of 20.20 and a top score of 134. He took one first class wicket at a cost of 99 runs.