Neil Priestley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1961
Place of Birth: Blyborough, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Neil Priestley
- Neil Priestley (born 23 June 1961) is a former English cricketer.
- Priestley was a left-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper.
- He was born in Blyborough, Lincolnshire. Priestley made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire against the touring Sri Lankans in 1981.
- He batted once in this match, scoring 20 not out in Northamptonshire's first-innings, while behind the stumps he took a single catches and made 2 stumpings.
- He made no further appearances for Northamptonshire. He later made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1983 to 1990, which included 57 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 13 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
- He made his List A debut against Surrey in the 1983 NatWest Trophy.
- He made a further List A appearance for Lincolnshire, against Gloucestershire in the 1990 NatWest Trophy.
- In his 2 List A matches for the county, he scored 78 runs at an average of 39.00, with a high score of 54.
- This score, which would be his only List A fifty, came in the match against Gloucestershire.It was however for the Minor Counties cricket team that Priestley made the majority of his List A appearances for, debuting for the team in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup against Northamptonshire.
- He made 5 further appearances for the team, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- In these 6 List A matches, he scored 95 runs at an average of 15.83, with a high score of 37.
- Behind the stumps he took 4 catches and made 2 stumpings.
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