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| Full name | Cardigan Adolphus Connor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-03-24)24 March 1961 (age 64) The Valley, Anguilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Christy, Cardy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1998 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1984 | Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,8 December 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cardigan Connor | |
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| Assumed office 23 April 2015 | |
| Member of theHouse of Assembly forWest End | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Anguilla United Front |
Cardigan Adolphus Connor (born 24 March 1961) is anAnguillan born former Englishcricketer. Connor was a right-handedbatsman and a right-armfast-medium bowler.[1]
Connor left his home island ofAnguilla in 1979 to pursue a cricketing career in England. Connor was signed byBuckinghamshire in 1979 and remained at the club for five years playing in theMinor Counties Championship. Connor was eventually spotted by former Hampshire cricketerCharlie Knott who recommended him toHampshire, who signed him for the1984 season.
Connor made hisfirst-class debut for Hampshire againstSomerset. This was to the first of Connor's 221 first-class matches for the club. The same year Connor made hisList-A debut againstNottinghamshire in theJohn Player Special League. Connor would go on to play 300 one-day matches for the club.
Connor formed a deadly partnership with his fellowWest Indian new ball bowlerMalcolm Marshall, often trying to compete with his partner for pace. Connor was a member of the 1988Benson and Hedges Cup Hampshire team, taking twowickets in the final atLord's. A further honour came in 1991 when Connor was again a member of the Hampshire winning team, this time in the1991 NatWest Trophy where he took three wickets, including that of futureEngland batsmanGraham Thorpe for 93. There was call for Connor being called up to the Englandone-day squad, but this never materialised. Connor tasted success for a second time in the Benson and Hedges Cup, this time in 1992 when Hampshire beatKent. Connor took a single wicket in the match, that ofMark Ealham.
In 1994 he was named the Hampshire Cricket Society Player of the Year.[2] By this time Connor was something of a cult figure at theCounty Ground. Connor took his best innings bowling figures during the1996 County Championship. In a match againstGloucestershire he took 9/38, this at a time whenMalcolm Marshall had retired.
Connor made his final first-class appearance for Hampshire in aCounty Championship match againstDerbyshire in 1998, although that season he played just four first-class matches for the club. His final one-day appearance came on 13 September 1998 in anAXA League match againstWorcestershire. Connor retired at the end of the1998 season. In total Connor took over 1,000 wickets for Hampshire. Testament to Connor's cult figure at the club, hisbenefit year raised £147,000.
After retiring from cricket, Connor returned to Anguilla. He was Anguilla's 'chef de mission' (team manager) at the2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[3] Connor currently works as a hotelmasseur and a fitness coach, with a website calling him"the island's most popular personal trainer".[4]
At theAnguillian general election in April 2015 Connor was elected in District 7 –West End for theAnguilla United Front.[5]
After the2025 Anguillan general election, Connor became deputy premier to newly-elected premierCora Richardson-Hodge.[6]