Background
He was born at Wycliffe, County Durham.
He was born at Wycliffe, County Durham.
Usher was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. Usher"s debut List A match came for a combined British Universities team against Worcestershire in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup. He represented the team in 4 List A matches in 1992, the last of which came against Glamorgan.
Usher later made his debut for Northumberland in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship, playing 2 matches against Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
He also represented the county in a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Lincolnshire in 1996. His next appearance in List A cricket came when he represented the Durham Cricket Board against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 National Westminster Trophy.
From 1999 to 2000, he represented the Board in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 2000 National Westminster Trophy. In his career total of 10 List A matches, he scored 76 runs at a batting average of 19.00, with a high score of 32.
In the field he took a single catch.
With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 51.16, with best figures of 2/30.
He was also later in his life a Conservative Member of Parliament for Darlington.
