About: Richard Elviss

Richard William Elviss (born 19 July 1945) is an English former first-class cricketer. Elviss was born at the Sheffield suburb of Fulwood in July 1945. He later studied at Trinity College, Oxford where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University. He made his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1966, with Elviss playing first-class cricket for Oxford until 1967, making nineteen appearances. Playing as right-arm off break bowler, he took 65 wickets at an average of 26.43. He claimed a five wicket haul on four occasions and had best figures of 5 for 83. On the back of strong performances for Oxford, he played a trial match with the Yorkshire Second XI in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship.