Uel Graham

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Uel Graham Ireland (IRE)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right arm medium pace
Career	First-class	List A
Matches	2	10
Runs scored	64	120
Batting average	32.00	15.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	35	25
Balls bowled	114	314
Wickets	1	0
Bowling average	43.00	-
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best Bowling	1/8	0/18
Catches/Stumpings	0/0	1/0
First-class debut: 20 June 1992 Last First-class: 11 June 1994 Updated: 14 April 2007 Source: Cricket Archive

Samuel "Uel" Graham (born 9 January 1967 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland^[1]) is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 36 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1992 and 1997^[2], including two first-class matches, both of which were against Scotland^[3], and ten List A matches.^[4]

[edit] Playing career

He made his debut for Ireland in June 1992 against Middlesex. The same month he made his first-class debut against Scotland^[3] and his List A debut in the NatWest Trophy against Durham.^[4] He then played against the MCC the following month, before spending 18 months out of the Ireland side.^[2]

He was named in the Ireland squad for the 1994 ICC Trophy and played in five of the matches.^[5] Later that year, he played List A matches against Leicestershire and Northamptonshire^[4] and his final first-class match against Scotland^[3], in addition to games against the MCC and New Zealand. In the match against the MCC he scored 55 in the Irish first innings, his only half century for Ireland^[2] He also played in the Triple Crown Tournament that year^[6], taking 4/49 in the match against Wales, his best bowling figures for Ireland.^[2]

In 1995, he played in Ireland's early-season Benson & Hedges Cup matches against Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Somerset^[4], also playing against the Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle, the MCC at Lord's^[2], a NatWest Trophy match against Yorkshire^[4] and against the West Indies^[2] before again playing in the Triple Crown Tournament.^[7]

In 1996, he played Benson & Hedges Cup matches against Hampshire and Sussex, also playing in the first European Championship tournament in Denmark.^[8] He was named in the Ireland squad for the 1997 ICC Trophy and played just one game against Singapore^[5], which was his last for Ireland.^[2]

[edit] Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 544 runs at an average of 19.43, and took 22 wickets at an average of 38.09.^[2]

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