| Name : | Mel Hughes |  |
| DOB : | 7/1/1948 |
| Nickname : | The Cat, The Bell |
| Cricketing Style : | RH batsman, WK |
| Mersea Debut : | 28/5/1967 v. Earls Colne (Fr) |
| Career Apps : | 916 |
| Career Runs : | 13861 |
| Career Centuries : | 1 |
| Career Fifties : | 43 |
| Career Wickets : | 25 |
| Career Five fors : | 1 |
| Career Catches : | 504 |
| Career Stumpings : | 93 |
| Highest Score : | 101 v. COLCO 1979 |
| Best Bowling : | 6 for 27 v. Dog & Pheasant 1971 |
| Profile :Another Mersea stalwart, Mel has the notoriety of being Mersea's most prolific..appearances, runs, catches and stumpings. Mel from the middle order has accumulated over 13000 runs. Has also taken over 500 catches as the clubs foremost wicketkeeper for the last thirty years. Until the last few seasons Mel was the first eleven wicketkeeper but has now dropped into the second eleven. Has completed 40 successive seasons for the club. |
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