| Nigel Paul | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Nigel Aldridge Paul |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Surbiton, Surrey, England |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightinch: | 5 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Warwickshire |
| Year1: | 1954–1955 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 157 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.70 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 40 |
| Deliveries1: | 419 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 65.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/5 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 25 October |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18798.html Cricinfo |
Nigel Aldridge Paul (31 March 1933 – 23 August 2022) was an English cricketer active in the 1950s, making seven appearances in first-class cricket as a batting all-rounder.
Paul was educated at Cranleigh School, where he played for the school cricket team from 1949 - 1951.[1] [2] He made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for Warwickshire against the touring Canadians at Edgbaston in 1954.[3] He made three further first-class appearances for Warwickshire in 1955, playing two university matches against Oxford and Cambridge, and once against the Combined Services,[3] but did not feature in any County Championship matches. He played a first-class match for the Free Foresters in 1956, and followed this up with two matches at The Saffrons in 1958 for DR Jardine's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[3] In seven first-class matches, Paul scored a total of 157 runs, averaging 15.70, with a high score of 40.[4] As a bowler he took just 3 wickets, which came at an expensive average of 65.33 runs apiece.[4] He was one of the tallest first-class cricketers of the time, standing nearly two metres tall, which he used when batting to hit the ball hard, and score at a fast rate which was unusual for the times.[2] His height helped when he was bowling, generating pace which forced the batsman onto the back foot.[2]
Paul was a leading figure within the Old Cranleighan Cricket Club, a cricket club for former pupils of Cranleigh School. Following the Second World War, the club was virtually defunct, but he re-formed the club in the mid-1950s.[2] He was club captain from 1958 - 1964 and president from 1981 - 1985.[2]
Paul was also an amateur golfer.[5] He won the Surrey Open in 1966.[6] Playing with Peter Oosterhuis he won the 1969 Whitbread professional-amateur foursomes at Pleasington.[7]
Paul died on 23 August 2022, at the age of 89.[8]