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Full name Colin Peter Metson
Born July 2, 1963, Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire
Current age 45 years 102 days
Major teams Glamorgan,Middlesex,Wales Minor Counties
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
232
304
71
4062
96
17.43
0
7
561
51
List A
234
132
52
943
30*
11.78
0
0
227
63
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
232
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
List A
234
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class span
1981 - 2001
List A span
1981 - 2004
Profile
Colin Metson was unfortunate in that he emerged as a superb wicketkeeper at the start of an era when being just a keeper was no longer enough - you had to bat as well. As a result, inferior keepers who made runs always edged him out. A former Durham University student, he began his county career as Paul Downton's understudy at Middlesex from 1981 until 1986. In 1987 he joined Glamorgan and immediately became their first-choice, and he worked on his batting to the extent that he became an obdurate tailender and specialist nightwatchman. In 1996 Metson lost his place to Adrian Shaw - inevitably on the strength of Shaw's batting - and he left the playing staff at the end of 1997. Jack Russell described Metson's keeping as "silently brilliant", and Dickie Bird rated him as "the best wicketkeeper I have seen in England since Alan Knott". He was just unfortunate to be born a generation too late.
Martin Williamson
