{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Nigel Charles Windsor Fenton | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bradford, Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1984–1985 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 11 | bat avg1 = 1.83 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 7* | deliveries1 = 1,780 | wickets1 = 21 | bowl avg1 = 39.09 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/64 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 4 | runs2 = 1 | bat avg2 = 1.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 1* | deliveries2 = 240 | wickets2 = 6 | bowl avg2 = 20.33 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 3/44 | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 30 August | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13029.html Cricinfo }}
'''Nigel Charles Windsor Fenton''' (born 17 November 1965) is an English former cricketer.
The son of Charles Fenton and his wife, Shirley Windsor,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-fenton-1-5999834 |title=Charles Fenton |date=2013-08-31 |work=The Yorkshire Post |access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> He was educated at Rugby School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29375/29375.html |title=Player profile: Nigel Fenton |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He then studied at Durham University, where he was awarded a half-palatinate for cricket in 1987.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palatinates |journal=Palatinate |date=5 November 1987 |page=21 |url=https://iiif.durham.ac.uk/index.html?manifest=t2mb5644r608&canvas=t2tqr46r3237 |access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref>
Fenton continued his education at Magdalene College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=439 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Derbyshire at Fenner's in 1988. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1991, making ten appearances, though he did not feature for Cambridge in 1989 or 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29375/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Nigel Fenton |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 21 wickets at an average of 39.09, with best figures of 4 for 64.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29375/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Fenton |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, Fenton also appeared in four List A one-day matches for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29375/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Nigel Fenton |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> taking 6 wickets at an average of 20.33.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29375/a_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Fenton |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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