came against Glamorgan in the quarter-final of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. He left Surrey at the end of the 1994 season. Later career Murphy last appeared for Cheshire while still playing for Surrey, when he appeared in the final of the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire, which Cheshire lost by 5 wickets. After leaving Surrey, he rejoined Cheshire, making between 1995 and 1999 a total of 35 Minor Counties Championship appearances, to bring his overall number of appearances in that competition for the county to 51. In that same period he made twelve MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances, bringing his total number of appearances in that competition to sixteen. He played his first List A match for Cheshire against Essex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy, with him making three further List A for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. He took 6 wickets in these six match, which came at an average of 23.66, with best figures of 4/48. Murphy was once again selected to play for a combined Minor Counties team, when in the 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup he made three appearances. Having left Cheshire at the end of the 1999 season, he played for the Surrey Cricket Board in three matches in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy. Murphy kept his connection with Surrey, serving as a committee member at the county. He was appointed its non-executive director of cricket in July 2010. References External links Tony Murphy at ESPNcricinfo Tony Murphy at CricketArchive 1962 births Living people People from Withington English cricketers Cheshire cricketers Lancashire cricketers Central Districts cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Surrey cricketers Surrey Cricket Board cricketers English cricket administrators