TIM CURTIS

Tim made his debut for Worcestershire against in 1979. This was his only appearance for that year.

University studies at Durham and Cambridge limited his opportunities but after gaining a ‘blue’ at Cambridge in 1983 he became a regular in the County side. He opened the and scored runs on a regular basis.

His consistency at the top of the order was eventually rewarded with 2 Tests against the touring West Indies in 1988. The following season he played in 3 Tests against the Australians. Unfortunately he could not reproduce his county form in any of the matches.

It was during these two years that Tim played an important part in Worcestershire winning the . He averaged over 40 in both seasons and played his part in many match-winning partnerships.

During his career he had many high scoring partnerships, particularly with , e.g. 264 v Somerset; 193 v Leicester; 258 v Middlesex and 232 v Surrey.

In 1991 he took over the captaincy from . During his reign the Refuge Cup was won at Old Trafford and the Nat West Trophy at Lords in 1994. By scoring 248 v Somerset at Worcester he achieved the highest ever score by a Worcestershire .

The press often criticised his one day but his partnerships with and were responsible for some fine starts. At the end of his career he had shared 33 century partnerships in the Sunday League – a figure only equalled by . In total he scored over 20000 First Class runs at an average of over 40; scoring 43 hundreds and 103 fifties. Not bad for a player who supposedly played ‘across the line’ too often!

After leaving Worcester he took up a teaching post at his old school – Worcester Royal Grammar.