Richard Selvey Clinton (born 1 September 1981) is an English

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er. He is a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. Born in

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, he made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 2001. He batted at number six in the first innings, making 36, but opened the batting in the second and hit 58

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. His

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debut a few days later was also personally successful, albeit in a losing cause, as he scored 56 from 57 balls against

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; as of June 2006, this remains his highest List A score. Clinton made his maiden first-class hundred (107) against

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in 2002, but left the county at the end of the season. He moved to Surrey in 2004 to replace

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as opening batsman. For the following season he competed actively for the opening batsman's position with James Benning and was given a new two-year contract at the end of 2004. Clinton enjoyed a long run in the team in 2005, hitting 811 first-class runs at 31.39 and hitting two centuries and five fifties. However, he made only three appearances in the one-day game, aggregating only 21 runs from these. He has also made several first-class appearances for Loughborough UCCE, having graduated from

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in 2006. His father Grahame had a significant first-class career with

and Surrey, while his cousin

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has played a handful of first-class games for Oxford UCCE.

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