# Oliver Clayson

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**Oliver James Clayson** (born 25 April 1980) is an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Clayson is a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) who bowls right-arm [off break](/source/Off_break). He was born in [Bedford](/source/Bedford), [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire) and educated at [Bedford Modern School](/source/Bedford_Modern_School).[1]

Clayson made his debut for [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1999 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) at Luton. Clayson has played [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Bedfordshire from 1999 to present, which has included 50 Minor Counties Championship matches[2] and 25 [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) matches.[3] He made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut against [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club) in the 2nd round of the [2000 NatWest Trophy](/source/2000_NatWest_Trophy). He played 4 further List A matches, the last coming against [Devon](/source/Devon_County_Cricket_Club) in the 2nd round of the [2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2002_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy), which was held in 2001.[4] In his 5 matches, he scored 99 runs at an [average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 33.00, with a high score of 56[*](/source/Not_out).[5] His highest score came against the [Nottinghamshire Cricket Board](/source/Nottinghamshire_Cricket_Board) in the [2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2001_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy).[6] He won the Wilfred Rhodes Trophy for the leading Minor Counties batsman in 2010 having scored 699 runs at an average of 77.66. He now is head of cricket at a school in Surrey.

## References

1. *School of the Black And Red-A History of Bedford Modern School*, by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated by Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman (2010)

1. ["Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Oliver Clayson"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10714/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

1. ["Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Oliver Clayson"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10714/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

1. ["List A Matches played by Oliver Clayson"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10714/List_A_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

1. ["List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Oliver Clayson"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10714/a_Batting_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

1. ["Bedfordshire v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board, 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71997.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

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