Simon Butler Player Statistics

Debut: South Canterbury 16 November 2008
Last: Otago Country 7-8 February 2009

Other Teams: Middlesex 2nd XI (-), Cardiff MCCU (-), Marylebone Cricket Club (-)

Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Playing Role: Batsman

Club(s): Albion, SKC

Born at High Wycombe, Butler attended Cardiff University, where he played minor matches for Cardiff UCCE.[1] In one such match against Leeds/Bradford UCCE in 2007, Butler scored 167, which was the highest score that year by a university batsman.[2] In that same year, Butler made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the touring West Indians at Durham, and Sri Lanka A at Arundel.[3] He scored a total of 36 runs in these matches, as well as taking 5 wickets.[4][5] He played Second XI cricket for Middlesex, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, but was unable to force his way into their starting elevens.[6] He also played Hawke Cup cricket in New Zealand for North Otago in later 2008 and early 2009.
(from Wikipedia 29 December 2019)

Batting By Season

Season	Mches	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100s	50s	0s	Av	4s	6s	Cts	St
2008-2009	4	7	0	238	115	1	0	0	34.00	29	3	2	0
Career	4	7	0	238	115	1	0	0	34.00	29	3	2	0

Best Batting Performances

Score	1s	2s	3s	4s	5s	6s	BF	Mins	Rate	Inns	Pos	Dismissal	Opposition	Start Date	SC
115	18	13	1	14	0	2	143	173	80.42	5	lbw	2	Southland	07-12-2008	+
44	10	3	0	7	0	0	52	59	84.62	4	bowled	4	Southland	31-01-2009	+
36	6	2	0	5	0	1	53	94	67.92	4	bowled	2	Southland	31-01-2009	+
28	6	4	2	2	0	0	46	63	60.87	4	caught	3	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+
11	3	0	0	2	0	0	21	17	52.38	3	caught	1	South Canterbury	18-11-2008	+
10	2	2	0	1	0	0	19	28	52.63	3	caught	1	Otago Country	17-01-2009	+
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	9	37.50	3	caught	3	Otago Country	17-01-2009	+
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	7	25.00	4	caught	1	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+

Highest Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Inns	Along With	Start	End	Opposition	Date	SC
4th	184	2	Scott Simpson	3/87	4/271	Southland	07-12-2008	+
8th	72	2	Bradley Kernahan	7/38	8/110	Southland	31-01-2009	+
3th	60	4	Ben Cant	2/44	3/104	Southland	31-01-2009	+
3th	38	3	Duncan Drew	2/48	3/86	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+
2nd	27	1	Duncan Drew	1/31	2/58	Otago Country	17-01-2009	+
4th	19	3	Craig M Smith	3/86	4/105	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+
4th	8	2	Robert Smith	3/28	4/36	Southland	31-01-2009	+
3th	6	2	Scott Simpson	2/22	3/28	Southland	31-01-2009	+
3th	6	1	Scott Simpson	2/80	3/86	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+
2nd	4	3	James Cutt	1/4	2/8	Otago Country	17-01-2009	+

Bowling By Season

	Mchs	Inns	Wkts	Runs	BBI	BBM	4w	5w	9wm	10wm	Av
2008-2009	4	8	4	93	2/40	2/40	0	0	0	0	23.25
Career	4	8	4	93	2/40	2/40	0	0	0	0	23.25

Best Bowling Performances

Overs	Mdns	Wkts	Runs	Econ	Pos	Inn	Opposition	Start Date	SC
19	8	2	40	2.11	3	1	Southland	07-12-2008	+
9	2	1	14	1.56	5	1	Southland	31-01-2009	+
4	1	1	23	5.75	3	2	South Canterbury	18-11-2008	+
11	1	1	35	3.18	6	2	Otago Country	07-02-2009	+
1	0	0	4	4.00	3	3	Southland	31-01-2009	+

Trophies/Honours

Season	Trophy/Honour
2008-2009	Major Awards Cricketer of the Year - Oamaru Licensing Trust Trophy
	Senior Mens Rep Outstanding Performance - N D Ireland Trophy 1965
	Senior All-Rounder - Otago Daily Times Trophy
	Senior Batting Aggregate - Oamaru Mail Rosebowl