Unusual Dismissals in English Minor Cricket *** UPDATED - 31/8/24 ***

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	MINOR COUNTIES COMPETITIONS
	HANDLED THE BALL (7)
	GW Hirst, Yorkshire 2nd XI v Cheshire, Chester, 1921		Championship		cricketarchive
	CEN Arkell, Dorset v Cornwall, Penzance, 1952		Championship		cricketarchive
	GW Cook, Berkshire v Devon, Reading, 1967		Championship		cricketarchive
	CJ Stephan, Shropshire v Somerset 2nd XI, Ludlow, 1979		Championship		cricketarchive
	SR Atkinson, Durham v Shropshire, Sunderland, 1981		Championship		cricketarchive
	AJ Murphy, Cheshire v Dorset, Oxton, 1995		Championship		cricketarchive
	EC Ballard, Hertfordshire v Cumberland, Sedbergh, 2009		Championship		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD (5)
	EA Preedy, Glamorgan v Lancashire 2nd XI, Cardiff, 1907		Championship		cricketarchive
	RH Hewetson, Kent 2nd XI v Norfolk, Tonbridge, 1932		Championship		cricketarchive
	CB Grant, Norfolk v Hertfordshire, St Albans, 1955		Championship		cricketarchive
	PJ McMahon, Cambridgeshire v Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, 2013		Championship		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	L Dixon, Northumberland v Cumberland, Cockermouth, 2016		Trophy		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	HIT THE BALL TWICE (2)
	AL Richardson, Yorkshire 2nd XI v Lancashire 2nd XI, Manchester, 1908		Championship		cricketarchive
	LEG Hemming, Oxfordshire v Berkshire, Oxford, 1949		Championship		cricketarchive
	TIMED OUT (1)
	IEW Sanders, Dorset v Oxfordshire, Bournemouth, 1985		Championship		cricketarchive
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	COUNTY SECOND XI COMPETITIONS
	HANDLED THE BALL (7)
*	SR Bielby, Nottinghamshire 2nd XI v Glamorgan 2nd XI, Newport, 1966		Championship		cricketarchive
	* Bielby was also dismissed 'hit wicket' in the same match
	SK Sharma, Kent 2nd XI v Lancashire 2nd XI, Folkestone, 1986		Championship		cricketarchive
	CA Miller, Derbyshire 2nd XI v Yorkshire 2nd XI, Chesterfield, 1993		Trophy		cricketarchive
	KJ Parsons, Somerset 2nd XI v Lancashire 2nd XI, Great Crosby, 1994		Championship		cricketarchive
	JC Hildreth, Somerset 2nd XI v Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Taunton, 2006		Trophy		cricketarchive
	R Bishop, MCC Universities v Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Bristol, 2010		Championship		cricketarchive
	CD Piesley, Kent 2nd XI v MCC Universities, Newport, 2014		Championship		cricketarchive
	OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD (3)
	AJ Borrington, Derbyshire 2nd XI v Northamptonshire 2nd XI, Northampton, 1980		Championship		cricketarchive
	JD Ratcliffe, Warwickshire 2nd XI v Essex 2nd XI, Nuneaton, 1994		Championship		cricketarchive
	PCL Holloway, Somerset 2nd XI v Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Bristol, 1995		Trophy		cricketarchive
	HIT THE BALL TWICE (2)
	GE Welton, Nottinghamshire 2nd XI v Middlesex 2nd XI, Nottingham, 1996		Championship		cricketarchive
	L Reeves, Leicestershire 2nd XI v Kent 2nd XI, Oakham, 1999		Championship		cricketarchive
	TIMED OUT (1)
	HJH Stow, Northamptonshire 2nd XI v Durham 2nd XI, Milton Keynes, 2017		Championship		cricketarchive
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	LANCASHIRE LEAGUE
	HANDLED THE BALL (9/10*)
	TE Noble, Rishton v Enfield, Rishton, 1895				cricketarchive
	L Gaunt, Haslingden v Rishton, Haslingden, 1895				cricketarchive
	H Eastwood, East Lancashire v Accrington, Accrington, 1901				cricketarchive
	S Haggas, East Lancashire v Rishton, Rishton, 1901				cricketarchive
	TG Poole, Lowerhouse v Colne, Lowerhouse, 1902				cricketarchive
	S Wade, Church v Todmorden, Oswaldtwistle, 1910				cricketarchive
	PJ Cockell, Nelson v Bacup, Nelson, 1985		Worsley Cup		cricketarchive
	TR Bradshaw, Nelson v Colne, Colne, 2013				cricketarchive		play-cricket
	J Wrigley, Enfield v Lowerhouse, Lowerhouse, 2015				cricketarchive		play-cricket
*	JJ Whitehead, Lowerhouse v Crompton, Lowerhouse, 2019				cricketarchive		play-cricket
	* scorecards disgree
	OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD (14)
	R Rawlinson, Bacup v Todmorden, Bacup, 1914				cricketarchive
	RW Campbell, East Lancashire v Enfield, Blackburn, 1932				cricketarchive
	JL Hunt, Bacup v East Lancashire, Blackburn, 1937				cricketarchive
	B Ratcliffe, East Lancashire v Todmorden, Todmorden, 1961		Worsley Cup		cricketarchive
	C Sudworth, Haslingden v Rawtenstall, Haslingden, 1963				cricketarchive
	I Metcalf, Enfield v Todmorden, Enfield, 1976				cricketarchive
	TJ Laughlin, Ramsbottom v East Lancashire, Blackburn, 1977				cricketarchive
	SMJ Ratcliffe, Ramsbottom v Enfield, Enfield, 1980				cricketarchive
	BR Fielding, Ramsbottom v Rishton, Rishton, 1985				cricketarchive
	MC Lomas, East Lancashire v Nelson, Nelson, 1991				cricketarchive
	N Wilkinson, Bacup v Todmorden, Bacup, 1992				cricketarchive
	A Clark, Colne v Nelson, Colne, 1995				cricketarchive
	P Blackledge, Haslingden v Rawtenstall, Rawtenstall, 2005				cricketarchive
	NS Thompson, Nelson v Crompton, Oldham, 2022				cricketarchive		play-cricket
	HIT THE BALL TWICE (3/4*)
	E Bradshaw, Nelson v Rishton, Nelson, 1901				cricketarchive
	H Duckworth, Colne v Lowerhouse, Colne, 1932				cricketarchive
	MJ Ingham, Haslingden v Ramsbottom, Ramsbottom, 1994				cricketarchive
*	JJ Whitehead, Lowerhouse v Crompton, Lowerhouse, 2019				cricketarchive		play-cricket
	* scorecards disgree
	TIMED OUT (3)
	DL Brown, Todmorden v East Lancashire, Blackburn, 2004				cricketarchive
	CJF Eardley, Ramsbottom v Haslingden, Haslingden, 2006		T20		cricketarchive
	Fawad Alam, Clitheroe v Colne, Colne, 2018		T20		cricketarchive		play-cricket
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	ECB PREMIER COMPETITIONS
	HANDLED THE BALL (12)
	R Dummer, Bromley v Bexley, Bromley, 2001		Kent		cricketarchive
	C Barry, Knypersley v Little Stoke, Knypersley, 2004		North Staffordshire & South Cheshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	P Donald, Market Harborough v Lutterworth, Lutterworth, 2005		Leicestershire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	PR Ayres, Brentwood v Woodford Wells, Woodford Wells, 2009		Essex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	RSG Anderson, West Indian Cavaliers v Clifton Village, Bilborough, 2009		Nottinghamshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	B Pardesi, Syston Town v Barrow Town, Barrow-on-Soar, 2010		Leicestershire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	C James, Eastcote v Finchley, Finchley, 2010		Middlesex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	ZML Gidlow, Colwyn Bay v Bootle, Colwyn Bay, 2012		Liverpool & District		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	R Pretorius, Tynemouth v Chester-le-Street, North Shields, 2013		North East		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	RP Burl, Sarisbury Athletic v Lymington, Sarisbury, 2015		Southern		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	AJ Phillips, Knowle & Dorridge v Kidderminster Victoria, Kidderminster, 2017		Birmingham & District		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	I Philliskirk, Lightcliffe v Bradford & Bingley, Lightcliffe, 2019		Bradford		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD (43)
	SS Patel, Reading v Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield, 2001		Home Counties		cricketarchive
	JD Swann, Horton House v Peterborough Town, Peterborough, 2004		Northamptonshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	CR Bridgewood, Fleetwood Hesketh v Sefton Park, Southport, 2005		Liverpool & District		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	MI Burns, New Brighton v Huyton, Wallasey, 2005		Liverpool & District		cricketarchive
	C Owen, St Asaph v Mochdre, St Asaph, 2006		North Wales		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	B Ashdown, Spondon v Alvaston & Boulton, Spondon, 2006		Derbyshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	H Crawford, Bristol West Indians v Corsham, Bristol, 2006		West of England		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	PJ Wilshaw, Longton v Moddershall, Stone, 2006		North Staffordshire & South Cheshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	AK Mullins, Wickford v Hainault & Clayhall, Wickford, 2007		Essex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	M Patel, Lutterworth v Stoughton & Thurnby, Thurnby, 2008		Leicestershire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	Mudasser Hussain, Rushden Town v Irthlingborough Town, Rushden, 2008		Northamptonshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	PG Cook, Bracebridge Heath v Woodhall Spa, Bracebridge Heath, 2009		Lincolnshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	SS Arthurton, Great Witchingham v Halstead, Halstead, 2009		East Anglian		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	S Musgrave, Wollaston v Northampton Saints, Northampton, 2010		Northamptonshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	C James, Swansea v Sully Centurions, Sully, 2011		South Wales		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	GA Aukett, The Mote v Bickley Park, Maidstone, 2011		Kent		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	R Ravel, Hainault & Clayhall v Woodford Wells, Woodford Wells, 2011		Essex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Howarth, Chorley v Leyland, Chorley, 2012		Northern		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	C Wolverson, Eastcote v Winchmore Hill, Winchmore Hill, 2012		Middlesex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	ND Perry-Warnes, Horsford v Woolpit, Horsford, 2013		East Anglian		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	T Barnfield, Morecambe v Darwen, Darwen, 2013		Northern		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	GA Adair, Hampstead v North Middlesex, Hampstead, 2017		Middlesex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	LP Harper, Thornaby v Great Ayton, Thornaby, 2018		North Yorkshire & South Durham		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Anil, Ilford v Wanstead & Snaresbrook, Ilford, 2018		Essex		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Blakey, Methley v Woodlands, Methley, 2018		Bradford		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	RV Dingle, Fulwood & Broughton v Netherfield, Broughton, 2018		Northern		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	T Bunting, Dunstall v Alvaston & Boulton, Dunstall, 2019		Derbyshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Fisher, Sheriff Hutton Bridge v Castleford, Castleford, 2019		Yorkshire North		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	J Marshall, Methley v Wrenthorpe, Methley, 2020		Bradford		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	D Khalid, Harpenden v Reed, Reed, 2021		Hertfordshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	N Johnson, Driffield Town v Scarborough, Driffield, 2021		Yorkshire North		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	D Crosland, Thornaby v Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle, 2021		North Yorkshire & South Durham		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	JL Pankhurst, Harpenden v Hertford, Harpenden, 2022		Hertfordshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	M Cowdrey, Sevenoaks Vine v Hayes, Sevenoaks, 2022		Kent		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	D Croker, Brigstock v Oundle Town, Oundle, 2022		Northamptonshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	M Carter, Woodhall Spa v Spalding, Spalding, 2023		Lincolnshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Patel, Rothley Park v Kibworth, Kibworth, 2023		Leicestershire & Rutland		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	C Russell, Aston Rowant v Wokingham, Kingston Blount, 2023		Home Counties		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	S Forde, Halkyn v Mold, Mold, 2023		North Wales		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	B Robinson, Newcastle v Burnopfield, Jesmond, 2024		North East		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Shrindal, Middlesbrough v Marton, Middlesbrough, 2024		North Yorkshire & South Durham		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	K Gace, Spalding v Grantham, Grantham, 2024		Lincolnshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket *
	* dismissal mislabelled on scorecard (correct in ball-by-ball)
	B Amaouche, Canterbury v Minster (Sheppey), Minster, 2024		Kent		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	HIT THE BALL TWICE (1*)
*	M Smith, Nettleham v Grimsby Town, Nettleham, 2010		Lincolnshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	* scorecards disgree
	TIMED OUT (13*)
	S Akhtar, Philadelphia v Blaydon, Winlaton, 2003		North East		cricketarchive
	P Jackson, Downend v Taunton, Taunton, 2004		West of England		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	G Jenkins, Kibworth v Syston Town, Kibworth, 2005		Leicestershire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	DR Wood, Blaydon v Sunderland, Winlaton, 2007		North East		cricketarchive
	EG Denham, Bournemouth v Havant, Bournemouth, 2009		Southern		cricketarchive		play-cricket
*	P Taylor, Grimsby Town v Nettleham, Nettleham, 2010		Lincolnshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	* scorecards disgree
	JJ Pienarr, Bradninch v Plymouth, Plymouth, 2010		Devon		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	M Hocking, Newquay v St Just, Newquay, 2010		Cornwall		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	SR Benton, Paignton v Plympton, Plympton, 2011		Devon		cricketarchive		play-cricket
*	GP Smith, Kibworth v Loughborough Town, Kibworth, 2013		Leicestershire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	* scorecards disgree
	KA High, J & G Meakin v Checkley, Checkley, 2014		North Staffordshire & South Cheshire		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Deegan, Cleckheaton v Pudsey St Lawrence, Cleckheaton, 2016		Bradford		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	B Swarbrick, Chirk v Denbigh, Chirk, 2018		North Wales		cricketarchive		play-cricket
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	NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
	HANDLED THE BALL (1)
	RV Leafe, Cleethorpes v Leicester Nomads, Cleethorpes, 1984		cricketarchive
	OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD (3)
	MA Branton, Keynsham v Bristol West Indians, Bristol, 2008		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	A Phillips, Preston Nomads v Tunbridge Wells, Fulking, 2011		cricketarchive		play-cricket *
	* teams incorrect on scorecard
	R Pinder, Sheriff Hutton Bridge v York, Strensall, 2016		cricketarchive		play-cricket
	HIT THE BALL TWICE (0)
	(none)
	TIMED OUT (2)
	TJ Sharpe, Brondesbury v Southgate, Southgate, 2011	┐	cricketarchive		play-cricket
	JM Overy, Brondesbury v Southgate, Southgate, 2011	┘
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