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Nigel Draffan
Personal information
Full name
Nigel Gordon Helm Draffan
Born (1950-09-01) 1 September 1950 (age 74)
Nakuru, Kenya Colony
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971–1972Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 4 2
Runs scored 35 33
Batting average 5.83 16.50
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 29 33
Catches/stumpings 1/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2020

Nigel Gordon Helm Draffan (born 1 September 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Draffan was in September 1950 born at Nakuru in what was then British-administered Kenya Colony. He was educated in England at Malvern College,[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, Draffan played first-class cricket on four occasions for Cambridge University in 1971–72,[3] struggling against the county opposition he faced by scoring just 35 runs from 7 innings.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridge, he also represented the university in two List A one-day matches against Leicestershire and Northamptonshire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup,[5] scoring 33 runs.[6] Alongside his cricket, Draffan also played field hockey and rackets for the university for which he gained a blue and half-blue respectively.[1]

Draffan is currently the managing agent for Savills of the Angmering Park estate near Arundel, having previously been estate director for the Goodwood Estate.[7] He is also a trustee of the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Player profile: Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1976. Cambridge University Press. 1976. p. 22. ISBN 0521219035.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "List A Matches played by Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Nigel Draffan". www.savills.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Trustees". www.arundelcastlecricketfoundation.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2020.