| Christopher Curzon | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Christopher Colin Curzon |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Family: | John Curzon (brother) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Nottinghamshire |
| Club2: | Hampshire |
| Year2: | 1981 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 18 |
| Runs1: | 307 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.05 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 45 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 32/3 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 11 |
| Runs2: | 82 |
| Bat Avg2: | 20.50 |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | 28 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/1 |
| Date: | 23 December |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10898.html Cricinfo |
Christopher Colin Curzon (born 22 December 1958) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Curzon was born in the Nottingham suburb of Lenton. He was educated at the Peveril Secondary School in Aspley, Nottingham.[1] He began playing as a wicket-keeper for the Nottinghamshire Second XI in 1976,[1] with his debut in first-class cricket later coming for Nottinghamshire against Northamptonshire at Northampton in the 1978 County Championship,[2] but did not keep wicket.[1] With Nottinghamshire's regular wicket-keeper Bruce French playing for England Young Cricketers in July 1978, this afforded Curzon three further appearances in the County Championship.[2] During the 1978 season, he also made his debut in List A one-day cricket against Yorkshire at Scarborough in the John Player League.[3]
In 1979, he made three appearances in the County Championship,[2] with a further one-day appearance against Yorkshire.[3] French missed the first two months of the 1980 season recuperating from a wrist operation,[1] with Curzon deputising for him by making eight appearances in the County Championship,[2] and nine one-day appearances spread across the Benson & Hedges Cup and the John Player League.[3] Once French had recovered he returned the side, with Curzon never featuring for Nottinghamshire again.[1] In seventeen first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire, he scored 254 runs at an average of 14.94, with a highest score of 45.[4] In eleven one-day matches, he scored 82 runs at an average of 20.50, with a highest score of 28 not out.[5]
Curzon played for Hampshire in 1981, making one first-class appearance against the touring Sri Lankans at Bournemouth;[2] however, he was unable to dislodge Hampshire's regular wicket-keeper Bobby Parks.[1] He played club cricket for both Wollaton and Caythorpe Cricket Club's.[1] Besides cricket, Curzon played football as a defender for Ilkeston Town in the Midland Football League.[6] He was also a keen golfer.[1] In later life, Curzon was the director of a commercial trailer manufacturing company.[1] His brother, John, was also a first-class cricketer.