Andrew Curtis (cricketer)


Andrew David Curtis is a former English cricketer with Bedfordshire and Oxford University.

Career

Andrew David Curtis was born on 12 January 1943 in Bedford and was educated at Elstow Primary School, Bedford Modern School, the University of Sheffield and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He played football and cricket for Oxford University without gaining a Blue in either. His single first-class cricket appearance was against Northamptonshire in the 1966 season where he was bowled by Peter Willey for 15 in his only innings. He played as a batsman for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1964-1981, during which time the county won two Minor County championships and twice finished as runners up.
As a teacher he subsequently became Head of Economics and Cricket Master, firstly at Bedford Modern School, during which time they won the national schools' Lord's Taverners Trophy by defeating Rugby School at Edgbaston, and thereafter at Millfield School, where he coached and nurtured many pupils who went on to play first class county and Test match cricket. Following his retirement, he became Chairman of Somerset Cricket Board in 2005, and a trustee of several local cricket charities helping young cricketers within the county.