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Full name Andrew Wright
Born Cranwell, Lincolnshire, October 8, 1937
Nickname Wongy
Batting style Right-hand middle-order
Bowling style Legspin
Height 5 ft 9 in
Clubs Suffolk Young Amateurs (1952-1955), Thames Ditton, Cromer, Adastrians
School XI 1952 to 1955
OC Career 1960 to 1979

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat		Inns		NO		HS		Runs		Ave		50		100		Ct		St
OCCC	56		56		5		103		1034		20.27		6		1		13		0

Bowling averages

	Overs		Mdns		Runs		Wkts		Ave		Best		5WI		SR		Econ
OCCC	84.0		17		382		19		20.11		3-21		0		26.5		4.5

Notes

Captain 1966

Profile

Andy Wright was the foundation of many OC wins during the 1980s and early 1990s with his unique approach to batting. Strong off his legs, adept at driving and fearless against fast bowling (his duals with Johnny Bass at Ardingly are legend) his reputation as a slow scorer was underserved; more often than not he shouldered the burden of responsibility for scoring runs in a weak side. The surprise was that he only scored two hundreds - they came within a week of each other in 1983 and were, at the time, the two slowest in the club's history. Taking over from David Bugge as captain, an unenviable role after the success of the early 1980s, Wilkie often did not have the comfort of having several more than capable batsmen in the side. Aside from the burden of captaincy and opening the innings, he also had the added task of having to keep wicket in the absence of any other regular - it was a role he got better at during his tenure, although he would be the first to admit that he was never completely comfortable standing up to spinners

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