Lever made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1962 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1962 to 1978, which included 91 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1] In 1965, he made his List A debut against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. He played seven further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Middlesex in the 1975 Gillette Cup.[2] In these eight matches, he scored 69 runs at a batting average of 11.50, with a high score of 20.[3] With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/19.[4]
He played as the professional for Heywood in the Central Lancashire League for nine consecutive seasons from 1968 to 1976, leading Heywood to the championship three times.[7]
Lever then moved to play in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition and, after a spell with Liverpool CC, joined the Northern Cricket Club in 1979. Over the next ten seasons he hit 4 first team centuries and took 7 or more wickets in an innings on 7 occasions. He captained the club for three seasons from 1980 to 1982. Most notably he celebrated his 40th birthday by scoring an undefeated 104 and taking 7 wickets for 28 runs against neighbours Bootle on 4 August 1979. In 1992 in a second team fixture, he took 7 wickets for 56 at the age of 53..
colin, lever, born, august, 1939, former, english, cricketer, lever, right, handed, batsman, bowled, right, medium, pace, born, todmorden, yorkshire, personal, informationfull, nameborn, 1939, august, 1939, todmorden, yorkshire, englandbattingright, handedbowl. Colin Lever born 4 August 1939 is a former English cricketer Lever was a right handed batsman who bowled right arm medium pace He was born in Todmorden Yorkshire Colin LeverPersonal informationFull nameColin LeverBorn 1939 08 04 4 August 1939 age 84 Todmorden Yorkshire EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumRelationsPeter Lever brother Domestic team informationYearsTeam1965Minor Counties1962 1978BuckinghamshireCareer statisticsCompetition First class List AMatches 1 8Runs scored 20 69Batting average 10 00 11 50100s 50s Top score 12 20Balls bowled 78 468Wickets 2 7Bowling average 11 50 43 005 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 1 5 3 19Catches stumpings 2 Source Cricinfo 3 May 2011 Lever made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1962 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1962 to 1978 which included 91 Minor Counties Championship matches 1 In 1965 he made his List A debut against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup He played seven further List A matches for Buckinghamshire the last coming against Middlesex in the 1975 Gillette Cup 2 In these eight matches he scored 69 runs at a batting average of 11 50 with a high score of 20 3 With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 43 00 with best figures of 3 19 4 During his career Lever made a single first class appearance for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring South Africans in 1965 at Osborne Avenue Jesmond 5 In this match he took 3 wickets in the South Africans first innings those of Graeme Pollock Colin Bland and Norman Crookes In the Minor Counties first innings he was dismissed for 12 by Jackie Botten before taking a further South African wicket in their second innings In the Minor Counties second innings scored 8 runs before being dismissed by off spinner Norman Crookes 6 He played as the professional for Heywood in the Central Lancashire League for nine consecutive seasons from 1968 to 1976 leading Heywood to the championship three times 7 Lever then moved to play in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition and after a spell with Liverpool CC joined the Northern Cricket Club in 1979 Over the next ten seasons he hit 4 first team centuries and took 7 or more wickets in an innings on 7 occasions He captained the club for three seasons from 1980 to 1982 Most notably he celebrated his 40th birthday by scoring an undefeated 104 and taking 7 wickets for 28 runs against neighbours Bootle on 4 August 1979 In 1992 in a second team fixture he took 7 wickets for 56 at the age of 53 He is the brother of Peter Lever who played Test and One Day International cricket for England References edit Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Colin Lever CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 List A Matches played by Colin Lever CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Colin Lever CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 List A Bowling For Each Team by Colin Lever CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 First Class Matches played by Colin Lever CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 Minor Counties v South Africans 1965 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2011 Heywood CC pro statsExternal links editColin Lever at ESPNcricinfo Colin Lever at CricketArchive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colin Lever amp oldid 1198806311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
