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2 unusual facts about Berkshire County Cricket Club


Peter Kingston-Davey

He made headlines in 2006, when he had to stand in for fellow umpire Guy Randall-Johnson, when he walked out of a Minor Counties Championship match after being on the receiving end of abuse from Berkshire players after he gave Berkshire captain Julian Wood out LBW, with Kingston-Davey standing in for the remaining 2 days of the 3 day match.

Ross Wood

Wood first stood in county cricket in a match between Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship.


Alan Igglesden

Igglesden suffered an epileptic fit when playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1999, and his medics discovered a non-cancerous brain tumour that was successfully treated by medication.

Old Deer Park

In 2001 the Middlesex Cricket Board played their only List-A match at the ground in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Berkshire.

Steven Naylor

In 2002, he joined Berkshire, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Cornwall.


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