Roger Wrightson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1939
Place of Birth: Elsecar, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Sep-1986
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Roger Wrightson
- Roger Wilfred Wrightson (29 October 1939 – 13 September 1986) was an English cricketer.
- Wrightson was a left-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. Although born in Elsecar, Yorkshire to Frederick Liddell Wrightson and Jessie Arline Hague, Wrightson was raised in Essex where his family moved to when his father took up a teaching position in the county.
- It was in Grays that he was educated at Palmer's School, going from there to Loughborough University.
- His father first introduced Wrightson to cricket when he was a child, according to Wrightson had made him, along with his brothers bat as left-handers.
- Prior to playing county cricket he became a primary school teacher in Thurrock. He eventually made his debut for Essex in a first-class match against Oxford University in 1965, with him making nine further first-class appearances in the 1965 season.
- Against Warwickshire that season at Clacton, Wrightson scored 84 runs, which was to be his only first-class half century.
- Later that season when playing against Yorkshire he had his two front teeth knocked out by a bouncer delivered by Fred Trueman.
- He made no appearances for Essex in 1966, with his teaching career taking precedence.
- He did appear in two first-class matches in the 1967 season against Derbyshire and Hampshire, and was at the end of that season offered a new contract by Essex, but decided to not to accept the offer.
- In his brief first-class career, Wrightson scored 332 runs at an average of 20.75.He and his wife Audrey, who was an art teacher, moved to Cumberland shortly thereafter.
- He played in the Minor Counties Championship for Cumberland, making his debut for the county in 1970 against the Yorkshire Second XI.
- He played for Cumberland in 1970 and 1971, making nine Minor Counties Championship appearances.
- Wrightson died at Carlisle, Cumberland on 13 September 1986, aged 46.
- He was survived by his wife Audrey, son Michael and daughter Anna.
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