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A new series from Hampshire Cricket historian Dave Allen marks the birthdays of notable and fondly remembered Hampshire cricketers
Paul Terry was born in Osnabruck, Germany, in 1959. He attended Millfield School, captained the England Schools side touring India in 1977 and played for England in their under-19 sides in 1977 & 1978, by which time he was also playing for Hampshire 2nd XI.
In 1978 he made his first-class debut for the county, and for five years played occasionally in the first team until in 1983, he established himself, passing 1,000 first-class runs, plus 467 in limited-overs matches. In 1984, there were more runs and higher averages in both formats which won him a Test Match call-up against the fearsome West Indies pace attack.
On debut for England, at Leeds he scored 8 & 1 as West Indies won by eight wickets, in the next at Manchester, his arm was broken by a ball from Winston Davis. He returned to bat one-handed, allowing Alan Lamb to reach his century, but was absent as England lost by an innings, and his Test career was over.
For more than ten years however, he became a key batsman in Hampshire’s powerful top-order, and while they could not better runners-up in 1985, he was a member of the sides that won trophies in 1986, 1988, 1991 & 1992. In 288 first-class matches for the county he scored 16,134 runs at 36.50 with a best of 190 v the Sri Lankans in 1988.
In the Championship, his best was 180 at Derby in the following year, while in 1987, with Chris Smith, he broke his own first wicket record for Hampshire (with Greenidge), posting 347 at Edgbaston v Warwickshire. In limited-overs cricket, he scored 8,622 runs with 12 centuries, none more important than his 109 at Chelmsford in 1988, when after 25 years, Hampshire won a cup semi-final at last.
During one season with Hampshire Colts he was their leading wicket-taker, yet despite being a fine all-round sportsman he did not take a first-class wicket, but he was a superb fielder – perhaps Hampshire’s finest all-rounder, equally at home catching at slip or in the covers.
After his Hampshire career he moved to Australia and established himself as a coach, returning returned to his old county in that capacity for a few years in the new century and his son followed him to Hampshire.
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