# Simon Kimber
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Simon Kimber
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Simon Julian Spencer Kimber
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Ormskirk](/source/Ormskirk), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| club1 = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1985
| club2 = [Natal](/source/KwaZulu_Natal_cricket_team)
| year2 = {{nowrap|1986/87–1993/94}}
| club3 = [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 1987–1989
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 38
| runs1 = 630
| bat avg1 = 15.36
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 54
| deliveries1 = 5,416
| wickets1 = 93
| bowl avg1 = 30.68
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/63
| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 27
| runs2 = 86
| bat avg2 = 10.75
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 15[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries2 = 961
| wickets2 = 15
| bowl avg2 = 54.06
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/35
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| date = 9 November
| year = 2008
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11177/11177.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Simon Julian Spencer Kimber''' (born 6 October 1963) is a former English [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er who played first-class and [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) in the 1980s and 1990s.
Born at [Ormskirk](/source/Ormskirk) in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), Kimber was educated at [Thomas More College](/source/Thomas_More_College_(South_Africa)) at [Kloof](/source/Kloof) in South Africa before going up to the [University of South Africa](/source/University_of_South_Africa).[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11177/11177.html Simon Kimber], CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2025 {{subscription}}] After a number of appearances in the [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) second teams, he made his first-class debut against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) at [The University Parks](/source/The_University_Parks) in May 1985. In his first game, Kimber scored 14 [not out](/source/not_out) at number ten in his only innings, bowled seven wicketless overs and held one catch.[
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45904.html |title=Oxford University v Worcestershire in 1985 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |publisher=CricketArchive}}]
Kimber also appeared against [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club), taking his first three first-class wickets,[
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46019.html |title=Cambridge University v Worcestershire in 1985 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |publisher=CricketArchive}}]
but that was to be his only other first-team outing for Worcestershire.
Kimber's English appearances in 1986 were confined to a handful of Second XI games with [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club), but that winter he went to South Africa and played a couple of first-class matches for [Natal B](/source/Natal_cricket_team) in the [Castle Bowl](/source/Castle_Bowl), claiming six wickets in the match against [Eastern Province B](/source/Eastern_Province_cricket_team).[
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/48/48242.html |title=Eastern Province B v Natal B in 1986/87 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |publisher=CricketArchive}}]
For 1987 he joined [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club), with whom he was to remain until 1989. It was during this period that he produced his only first-class half-century: 54 against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) in early August 1987.[
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49048.html |title=Sussex v Nottinghamshire in 1987 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |publisher=CricketArchive}}]
In the 1987 season he appeared eight times in first-class cricket, his most in a single season, but the only time he was anything like a regular was in the [one-day](/source/one-day_cricket) form of the game the following summer, when he made 20 List A appearances. However, in those games he took only 14 wickets and failed entirely with the bat, compiling just 81 runs in his 11 innings.
The rest of Kimber's cricketing career was spent in South Africa, again playing for Natal B and — in 1990-91 — the province's main team. He proved a considerably more successful wicket-taker here than he had been in England, claiming four or more wickets in a first-class innings on five occasions and in January 1992 achieving his only five-wicket innings haul when he took 5-63 for Natal B against [Transvaal B](/source/Transvaal_cricket_team).[
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55322.html |title=Transvaal B v Natal B in 1991/92 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |publisher=CricketArchive}}]
He played his final match in December 1993.
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==External links==
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Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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