| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Simon John Halliday | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1958 Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1997 | Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Simon John Halliday (born 23 October 1958) is an English former cricketer.
Halliday made his debut in List A one-day cricket for Suffolk against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. He made four further List A appearances for Suffolk, the last coming against Gloucestershire in the 1995 NatWest Trophy.[1] He scored just 18 runs in these five matches.[2] He also played minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1986–1997, making 73 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and nine appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.[3][4] He scored 2,939 runs in the Minor Counties Championship, at an average of 25.11 and a high score of 113.[5] He later became the master in charge of cricket at Harrow School. He was touring Sri Lanka in December 2004 with a team from Harrow, when he survived the Boxing Day Tsunami by climbing the pavilion at the Galle International Stadium along with fifteen boys from the touring party.[5]