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| Full name | Bernard Joseph Michael Maher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1961 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper/ Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–93 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 29 July 1981 Derbyshire v Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 28 June 1993 Derbyshire v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 2 August 1981 Derbyshire v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 27 June 1993 Derbyshire v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 1 November 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bernard Joseph Michael Maher (born 11 February 1961) was an English professional cricketer and a fly-fishing international.[1] He was born in Hillingdon in West London.[2]
As a cricketer, he was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1981 and 1995.[3]
He played age-group cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. In 1977, when he played for Middlesex's Second XI, before pursuing his academic studies.[citation needed]
He began reading Economics and Accountancy at Loughborough University in 1978 graduating with a BSc in 1981. Captaining Loughborough University, against Derbyshire in 1981, he was asked to play a series of 2nd team games. And his 1st class debut was against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in July 1981, and Derbyshire signed him on a two-year contract.[citation needed]
Against the New Zealand's tourists in 1986, Maher scored 126, and there were other hundreds against Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Surrey County Cricket Club, and Cambridge University.[4]
After his retirement from cricket in 1995, he continued commentating for BBC Radio and, after his cricketing days came to a close, worked as a financial consultant, and a fly-fishing instructor.
He is the owner of a day ticket fishing business in Ashover and works as a fly fishing guide.[5]