A right-arm offspinner and right-hand batsman, Paul Nicholls played 19 first-class matches for Western Australia throughout the 1970s. His peak came in 1971-72, when he collected eight wickets on debut against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval, including a career-best 5 for 68 in the second innings. Also a talented Australian Rules footballer, Nicholls played in a Western Australian Football League premiership with East Fremantle in 1974. His talents were not confined to the sporting arena. Nicholls went on to have a successful legal career and worked as a magistrate in Western Australia before he died in 2009 following a long battle with cancer.
Brydon Coverdale

Paul Nicholls Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	19	33	12	492	38	23.42	0	0	7	0
List A	2	2	0	38	34	19.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	19	2167	943	30	5/68	-	31.43	2.61	72.2	-	1	0
List A	2	40	28	3	3/28	3/28	9.33	4.20	13.3	0	0	0

Recent Matches of Paul Nicholls

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
West Aust vs Victoria	20	1/15 & 1/38	18-Nov-1978	Perth	FC
West Aust vs Victoria	29* & 26	1/8	24-Feb-1978	Melbourne	FC
West Aust vs NSW	33 & 13*	2/56	18-Feb-1978	Sydney	FC
West Aust vs Queensland	15 & 23*	1/46 & 0/0	10-Feb-1978	Brisbane	FC
West Aust vs Victoria	19* & 24	--	07-Dec-1973	Melbourne	FC

Debut/Last Matches of Paul Nicholls

FC Matches

Span

1971/72 - 1978/79

List A Matches

Span

1972/73 - 1973/74