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10 Facts About Clive Radley

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Clive Thornton Radley was born on 13 May 1944 and is an English former cricketer, who played eight Test matches and four One Day Internationals for England.

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Clive Radley was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1979.

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Clive Radley was part of a successful Middlesex side which won the County Championship outright in 1976,1980,1982 and 1985, and shared it with Kent in 1977.

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Clive Radley enjoyed success in one-day tournaments, especially in one-day finals played on his county home ground at Lord's.

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Clive Radley was part of the Middlesex side which won the 1980 Gillette Cup.

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Clive Radley made two test centuries, his highest score being an innings of 158 against New Zealand which lasted nearly 11 hours, made in Geoff Boycott's last test as England captain.

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Clive Radley ended his career with an unusually high average in one-day internationals of 83.33, assisted by the fact that he is one of the few international cricketers to make a century in his last One Day International, an unbeaten 117 against New Zealand in 1978.

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Clive Radley was named both man of the match, and man of the series, in this last appearance.

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Clive Radley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to cricket.

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Clive Radley was elected to serve for a two-year term as the 22nd President of Middlesex County Cricket Club at its 149th Annual General Meeting at Lord's in April 2013 succeeding Geoff Norris.