Andrew John Webster (born 5 March 1959) is a former English

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er who played first-class and

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for

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during the early 1980s. He also appeared at List A level for

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and

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. Webster played briefly for

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's Second XI in 1979, but he made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against

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at the very end of the 1981 season. In a weather-affected match he bowled six wicketless overs and scored 6. In 1982 Webster began the year in the seconds, but made his way into the first team by mid-season, and once there retained his place for most of the rest of the summer. His best performance came against

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in August, when he took his career-best of 5/87 in the first innings, then (batting at ten) stayed with number 11

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as the two added 6 to complete a one-wicket victory. However, he was unable to match this feat, and by the end of the year was back in the Second XI, where he never returned, due to spinal injury. After another game for Derbyshire II, in 1985 he joined Staffordshire to play

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cricket, and stayed with them until the end of the 1980s, also playing six times for the Minor Counties representative side in the

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. With Staffordshire he obtained his best List A figures, 4/38 against

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in the

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in 1985. In 1989 he was part of the

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side which narrowly lost the Cockspur Cup final to

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Andrew English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Minor Counties cricketers 1959 births Living people People from the Borough of East Staffordshire Cricketers from Staffordshire 20th-century English sportsmen