Paul Downton Cricketer
Paul Downton (born Paul Rupert Downton, 4 April 1957, Farnborough, Kent) is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty eight ODIs from 1977 to 1989. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful batsman in the lower middle-order. He played his county cricket for both Kent and Middlesex. Cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, noted, "Downton was unfortunate to have to pick up the gaunlets thrown down by Alan Knott and Bob Taylor. They had worn the wicketkeeping gloves with artistry in their hands, and any successor was liable to suffer by comparison. And so it was for Downton, although he was a much better 'keeper than many gave him credit for".