William Richard Holmes (born 25 November 1952) is a former English

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er. Holmes was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at

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. While studying at the

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, Holmes made a single appearance in

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for the university cricket team in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against

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at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. In a match which Sussex won by 186 runs, Holmes bowled eleven wicketless overs and was dismissed for just one run by Mike Buss. This was his only appearance for Cambridge University, with him not featuring in any first-class fixtures for the team.

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