{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Tim Head | country = England | fullname = Timothy John Head | nickname = Heady | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|9|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | family = Sophie Collier (m. 2003), Katy Head (b. 2003), Daniel Head (b. 2005) | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1986 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Sussex | year2 = 1976–1981 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 25 | runs1 = 397 | bat avg1 = 16.54 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 52* | catches/stumpings1 = 55/6 | column2 = List A | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 50 | bat avg2 = 10.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 24 | catches/stumpings2 = 7/2 | date = 13 March | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14378.html Cricinfo }}
'''Timothy John Head''' (born 22 September 1957, Hammersmith, London, England) is a former English cricketer. Head was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper.
Head made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1976. He made 21 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against the touring Australians in 1981.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12146/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Timothy Head|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref> In his 22 first-class matches for Sussex, he scored a total of 335 runs at an average of 16.75, with a high score of 52 not out. Behind the stumps he took 54 catches and made 6 stumpings.<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12146/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Timothy Head|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref> This score was his only first-class half century and came against the Australians in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41605.html|title=Sussex v Australians, 1981|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref> Head made his debut in List A cricket for the county in 1978, against Middlesex in the John Player League. He made eight further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 1980 John Player League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12146/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Timothy Head|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref> In his nine List A appearances, he scored a total of 50 runs at an average of 10.00, with a high score of 24. Behind the stumps he took 7 catches and made 2 stumpings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12146/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Timothy Head|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
He later studied at the University of Cambridge, making three first-class appearances while there for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1986, against Leicestershire, Essex and Sussex.<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 62 runs in these three matches, which came at an average of 15.50, with a high score of 40 not out.<ref name="FCBAT"/>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14378.html Timothy Head] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12146/12146.html Timothy Head] at CricketArchive
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