Richard William Pineo (born 11 February 1975) is an English

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er. Pineo was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Richard made his debut for

in the 1996

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against

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. From 1997 to 2003, he represented the county in 29 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9

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matches. He made his

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debut for Suffolk against

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in the 1st round of the

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. From 2001 to 2002, he represented the county in 6 List-A matches. His final List-A match for the county against

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in the 3rd round of the

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. In his 6 career List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a

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of 18.00, with a high score of 11 *. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a

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of 25.14, with best figures of 3/38. In 2004, he joined

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

, where he made his debut for the county in the 2004 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. From 2004 to 2005, he represented the county in seven Championship matches, the last of which came against

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

. He also represented Dorset in three MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which came against

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. From 2005 to 2007, Pineo played for Havant Cricket Club in the

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.Teams Richard Pineo played for
/ref> Richard currently teaches at

Woodbridge School Woodbridge School is a private day and boarding school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, founded in 1577, for the poor of Woodbridge. It was later supported by the Seckford Foundation. Woodbridge School has been co-educational since September ...

and is Head of Sport in the Prep School having moved up from

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in 2006.

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