Name:

Radley, Clive T

Date of Birth:

13 May 1944

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Hertford

Career:

Test: 1978 - 1978
ODI: 1978 - 1978
First Class: 1964 - 1987

Teams:

England (Country)
Middlesex (Regional)

Old takes seven as England crush Pakistan (1978)

Middlesex stalwart made a late Test debut 

Clive Radley was born at Hertford on 13 May 1944. Radley had been at King Edward VI Grammar School in Norwich and was spotted playing for minor county cricket for Norfolk by the former England legend Bill Edrich. Edrich promptly recommended the young man to his old county, Middlesex.

Radley played for Middlesex between 1964-1987 and was a reliable middle order batsman and superb slip fielder.  He posted 24,147 runs (av. 35.45) with 42 hundreds and with a top score of 200 versus Northamptonshire at Uxbridge in 1985.

After making his Test debut at 33 years, Radley played eight Tests for England scoring 481 runs (av. 48.10) with a top score of 158 versus New Zealand at Auckland in 1977/78. He suffered a sickening blow to the head in the 1978/79 Ashes series and was not selected again in Tests.

Radley was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1979 and was awarded an MBE in 2008. In 2013, Radley was elected as the President of Middlesex.

Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter