David Surridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1956
Place of Birth: Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About David Surridge
- David Surridge (born 6 January 1956) is a former English cricketer.
- Surridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Surridge made his debut in county cricket for Hertfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire till 1979.
- While studying for his degree, Surridge made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Essex in 1979.
- During that season, he made eight further first-class appearances for the university, taking a total of 27 wickets at an average of 21.59, with best figures of 4/22.
- He also made his List A debut for the Combined Universities in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup, playing a single match against Northamptonshire.
- He joined Gloucestershire for the 1980 season, making his first-class debut for the county against Oxford University.
- He made 24 further first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1982 County Championship.
- In his 25 first-class matches for the county, he took 60 wickets at an average of 33.60, with best figures of 5/78.
- These figures, which was his only five wicket haul, came against Worcestershire in 1982.
- His List A debut for Gloucestershire came in the 1980 John Player League against Northamptonshire.
- He made 30 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1982 John Player League.
- In these match, he took a total of 23 wickets at an average of 47.30, with best figures of 3/35.He left Gloucestershire at the end of the 1982 season, rejoining Hertfordshire for the 1983 season.
- Surridge played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1996, making 93 further Minor Counties Championship appearances and 30 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
- He made his first List A appearance for his home county in the 1983 NatWest Trophy against Hampshire.
- From 1983 to 1993, he made eight List A appearances for Hertfordshire, taking 5 wickets at an average of 54.40, with best figures of 3/61.
- During this period, he also made appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team.
- He made a single first-class appearance for the team against the touring New Zealanders in 1986, taking the wickets of Evan Gray and Derek Stirling.
- He also appeared in List A cricket for the team, starting against Sussex in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- He made twelve further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- In his thirteen appearances for the team, he took 13 wickets at an average of 29.23, with best figures of 4/26.
- He retired from county cricket at the end of the 1996 season.
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