| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Simon Mark Clements |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Felixstowe, Suffolk, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Minor Counties |
| Year1: | 1983 |
| Club2: | Combined Universities |
| Year2: | 1979 |
| Club3: | Oxford University |
| Year3: | 1976–1979 |
| Club4: | Suffolk |
| Year4: | 1974–1998 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 29 |
| Runs1: | 860 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.47 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/4 |
| Top Score1: | 91 |
| Deliveries1: | 312 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 68.33 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/29 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 18/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 18 |
| Runs2: | 216 |
| Bat Avg2: | 12.50 |
| 100S/50S2: | –/1 |
| Top Score2: | 59 |
| Deliveries2: | 258 |
| Wickets2: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 33.60 |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/– |
| Date: | 13 July |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10972.html Cricinfo |
Simon Mark Clements (born 29 April 1956) is an English former cricketer. Clements was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Clements made his debut in county cricket for Suffolk in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.[1] He later made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire. He made 28 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1979.[2] In his 29 first-class matches, he scored 860 runs at an average of 20.47, with a high score of 91.[3] This score, one of four fifties he made, came against Gloucestershire on debut in 1976.[4] An occasional bowler, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 68.33, with best figures of 1/29.[5]
He still played for Suffolk while studying at Oxford,[1] it was for Suffolk that he made his List A debut for against Sussex in the 1978 Gillette Cup.[6] He played 4 List A matches for the Combined Universities in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup,[6] and after completing his studies he returned to playing on a regular basis for Suffolk. He appeared in 12 further List A matches for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1996 NatWest Trophy, as well as playing a single List A match for the Minor Counties against Sussex in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.[6] In his 13 List A appearances for Suffolk, he scored 169 runs at an average of 13.00, with a high score of 59.[7] This score, his only fifty in List A cricket, came against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy.[8] With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 29.00, with best figures of 3/30.[9] He retired from representing Suffolk at the end of the 1998 season, having played 175 Minor Counties Championship[1] and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[10] He scored 9,219 runs in the Minor Counties Championship,[11] second only to Philip Caley.