| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Eric King |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 2007 |
| Club2: | Northamptonshire |
| Year2: | 2005 |
| Club3: | Loughborough UCCE |
| Year3: | 2003-2008 |
| Club4: | Northamptonshire Cricket Board |
| Year4: | 2001-2002 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 207 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.17 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 31 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,191 |
| Wickets1: | 17 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 55.35 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 3 |
| Runs2: | 2 |
| Bat Avg2: | 1.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | - / - |
| Top Score2: | 2 |
| Deliveries2: | 102 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 46.00 |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/39 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 29 September |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15944.html Cricinfo |
Richard Eric King (born 3 January 1984) is a former English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. He was born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire and educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]
King made his debut in List-A cricket for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board against the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. His second and final List-A match for the Board came in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against the Yorkshire Cricket Board which was played in 2002.
King made his first-class debut for Loughborough UCCE against Somerset in 2003. From 2003 to 2008, he represented Loughborough UCCE in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Worcestershire.[2] In 2005, King played a single first-class match for Northamptonshire against the touring Bangladeshis. During the same season he also represented the county in a single List-A match against Gloucestershire in the totesport League.[3]
In 2007, King also represented the Marylebone Cricket Club in a single first-class match against Sri Lanka A.[4] In his combined first-class career, he played 13 matches during which he scored 207 runs at a batting average of 12.17, with a high score of 31. With the ball he took 17 wickets at a bowling average of 55.35, with best figures of 4/34. In the 3 List-A matches he played, he scored 2 runs and took 2 wickets at an average of 46.00, with best figures of 2/39.