Simon Clements, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1956
Place of Birth: Felixstowe, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Simon Clements
- Simon Mark Clements (born 29 April 1956) is an English former cricketer.
- Clements was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk. Clements made his debut in county cricket for Suffolk in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.
- He later made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire.
- He made 28 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1979.
- In his 29 first-class matches, he scored 860 runs at an average of 20.47, with a high score of 91.
- This score, one of four fifties he made, came against Gloucestershire on debut in 1976.
- An occasional bowler, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 68.33, with best figures of 1/29.He still played for Suffolk while studying at Oxford, it was for Suffolk that he made his List A debut for against Sussex in the 1978 Gillette Cup.
- He played 4 List A matches for the Combined Universities in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup, and after completing his studies he returned to playing on a regular basis for Suffolk.
- He appeared in 12 further List A matches for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, as well as playing a single List A match for the Minor Counties against Sussex in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- In his 13 List A appearances for Suffolk, he scored 169 runs at an average of 13.00, with a high score of 59.
- This score, his only fifty in List A cricket, came against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy.
- With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 29.00, with best figures of 3/30.
- He retired from representing Suffolk at the end of the 1998 season, having played 175 Minor Counties Championship and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
- He scored 9,219 runs in the Minor Counties Championship, second only to Philip Caley.
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