Paul Gover
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| Born |
12 March 1968 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002 | Hampshire Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 29 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Nicholas Gover (born 12 March 1968 in Oxford, Oxfordshire) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board.
Gover, who had made his debut cricketing appearance in 1986 for the English Schools Cricket Association and Marylebone Cricket Club Schools, played for Hampshire Under-19s the following season. He made his Second XI debut for Hampshire in 1988, playing in the competition until 1994.
Gover played for the Hampshire Cricket Board in the Minor Counties Trophy between 1998 and 2002, and made three List-A appearances for the side, between 2001 and 2002.
In three List-A innings, Gover scored 44 runs, including a top score of 34 on his debut performance, against Ireland. His final List-A appearance came against Staffordshire in the 2nd Round of 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002.
Between 2002 and 2008, Gover played for Havant Cricket Club in the Southern Premier League and Cockspur Cup, a competition in which the side reached the semi-final in 2005.
In recent years he has coached cricket at Winchester College and as a Hampshire junior coach, with great success. He is widely known as a really positive person and is able to see the brightside in everything!