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Full name David Laurence Acfield
Born July 24, 1947, Chelmsford, Essex
Current age 61 years 46 days
Major teams Cambridge University,Essex
Nickname Ackers
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
5 ft 9 in
Education Brentwood School: Christ's College, Cambridge
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
420
417
212
1677
42
8.18
0
0
137
0
List A
160
60
42
104
9*
5.77
0
0
27
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
420
67560
26800
950
8/55
28.21
2.38
71.1
34
4
List A
160
6419
4143
152
5/14
5/14
27.25
3.87
42.2
2
2
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1966 - 1986
List A span
1970 - 1986
Profile
David Ackfield was a useful offspinner who may have come closer to Test selection had his batting been more than useless - in more than 400 first-class matches he never made a fifty. After retiring he remained in the game and for a time was on the ECB's management committee. Ackfield was also an Olympic fencer, taking part in the 1968 and 1972 Games, and also won a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. "I wasn't a regular member of the Essex side then so it was reasonably easy to fit in but it was much harder the next time," he said. "Perhaps I should have given up because all the time I was an amateur fencer for Britain I couldn't be paid for playing for cricket. I don't think it could be done today."
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