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Simon Forde

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Simon Forde
Personal information
Full name
Simon Francis Forde
Born (1972-01-22) 22 January 1972 (age 52)
Tuatapere, Southland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99–2000/01otago
1999/00Dunedin Metro
Source: CricInfo, 9 May 2016

Simon Francis Forde (born 22 January 1972) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played ten first-class and twenty List A matches for Otago between 1998 and 2001.[1][2]

Forde was born at Tuatapere in Southland in 1972. He worked as a police officer and was awarded a bronze medal for bravery by the Royal Humane Society after attempting to extinguish a fire with two colleagues and searched a burning building for injured survivors. Since retiring from playing cricket he has been a selector for the Otago side.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Simon Forde". CricInfo. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ^ Simon Forde, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 51. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
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