Simon Weale

Simon Weale
Personal information
Full name Simon David Weale
Born (1967-09-16) 16 September 1967
Knightsbridge, London, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999 Middlesex Cricket Board
1986-1990 Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 20 1
Runs scored 392 9
Batting average 17.81 –
100s/50s –/2 –/–
Top score 76 9*
Balls bowled 2,616 60
Wickets 15 1
Bowling average 97.26 24.00
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 3/130 1/24
Catches/stumpings 3/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2010

Simon David Weale (born 16 September 1967) is a former English cricketer and current headmaster of Shebbear College in Devon.

Early life

Weale was born in Knightsbridge, London. After attending Westminster City School in London he went up to Keble College, Oxford.[1]

Cricket career

A right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox, Weale made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Nottinghamshire in 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he represented the University in 20 first-class matches, the last of which came against Cambridge University.[2] In his 20 first-class matches for the University, he scored 365 runs at a batting average of 17.38, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 76. In the field he took 3 catches.[3] With the ball he took 15 wickets at an expensive bowling average of 97.26, with best figures of 3/130.[4] Weale also played a single first-class match during this time for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Pakistanis in 1987.[5]

In 1999, he represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[6] In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 9 runs[7] and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 24 runs.[8]

Teaching career

After teaching at Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent, Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London, Reigate Grammar School in Surrey and Brentwood School, Essex, he took up the position of headmaster at Shebbear College in Devon in 2013.[9]

References

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