Career
Of 403 matches at first-class and List A level, only one — a game for Master Control Console against Scotland in 1963 — was not for Yorkshire. Prior to joining the County club, he was a policeman in Southern Rhodesia. Nicholson took 879 first-class wickets at an excellent average of 19.75.
Writing many years later, James Lawton in the Independent said that Nicholson "simply despised batsmen".
He claimed 100 wickets in a season twice, in 1966 and 1967. Nicholson"s later career was dogged by ill health caused by blood clots in his legal which contributed to his early death.
Although he never managed international recognition, Nicholson was highly rated by the Yorkshire public. Indeed, the county"s Players Association holds a Tony Nicholson Memorial Trophy in his honour.
At a time when retirement was greeted with muted thanks by the Committee, Nicholson was paid the warmest possible tribute.
