Douglas Collard

Who is Douglas Collard?

Douglas Christopher Collard is a former English cricketer. Collard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire.

Collard made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1971 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Collard played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1971 to 1992, including 108 Minor Counties Championship matches and 14 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1975, he made his List A debut against Northamptonshire in the Gillette Cup. He played four further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Worcestershire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his five List A matches, he scored 17 runs at a batting average of 8.50, with a high score of 9. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 33.20, with best figures of 3/38.

He played Second XI cricket for the Derbyshire Second XI and the Middlesex Second XI.