Phillip Garner

Background

He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire.

Education

Jesus College.

Career

Garner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was later educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where he gained an honours degree in English Literature. Following this he settled in Oxfordshire on a permanent basis, playing out a successful 23-year career with Oxfordshire County Cricket Club.

Garner made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1973 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire.

Garner played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1971 to 1994, which included 205 Minor Counties Championship matches and 24 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. Considered to be Oxfordshire"s most successful captain, he led the county to the Minor Counties Championship title in 1982 and 1989.

In total, he captained the county for 12 seasons, but was associated with it for 23 years. He scored 9,482 runs for Oxfordshire in Minor counties cricket, at a batting average of 29.54.

With his off breaks, he took 64 wickets at a bowling average of 25.11, with best figures of 5/15 against Cornwall in 1979.

lieutenant was for Oxfordshire that he made his List A debut for, against Cornwall in the 1975 Gillette Cup. He played 15 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last coming against Somerset in the 1984 National Westminster Trophy. In his 16 List A matches for Oxfordshire, he scored 168 runs at an average of 12.92, with a high score of 53.

His highest List A score came against Cornwall in the 1975 Gillette Cup.

With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 65.00, with best figures of 1/37. Playing for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team

He made his debut for the team in a List A match against Somerset in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup, playing a further match for the team in the same competition against Glamorgan.

Achievements

• lieutenant was for Shipton-under-Wychwood that he won the Village Cup for at Lord"s in 2002 and 2003.