sex . ▁ ▁Sp ic er ▁made ▁his ▁first - class ▁debut ▁for ▁Es sex ▁against ▁Som erset ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁County ▁Championship . ▁His ▁first ▁scoring ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁was ▁a ▁six ▁in ▁a ▁debut ▁inn ings ▁of ▁ 8 0 . ▁He ▁made ▁six teen ▁further ▁first - class ▁appearances ▁for ▁Es sex , ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁which ▁came ▁against ▁Kent ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁County ▁Championship . ▁In ▁his ▁sevent een ▁matches ▁he ▁scored ▁just ▁ 5 2 6 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 9 . 4 8 , ▁with ▁a ▁high ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 6 . ▁This ▁score , ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁four ▁f ift ies ▁he ▁made , ▁came ▁against ▁the ▁tour ing ▁Pakistan is ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁With ▁the ▁ball , ▁he ▁took ▁ 2 ▁first - class ▁w ick ets . ▁Both ▁these ▁w ick ets ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁match ▁against ▁M idd les ex ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁when ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁w ick ets ▁of ▁Don ▁Ben nett ▁and ▁Alan ▁M oss , ▁taking ▁figures ▁of ▁ 2 / 1 ▁from ▁ 1 . 1 ▁o vers . ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁first - class ▁appearances ▁came ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁despite ▁struggling ▁to ▁get ▁in ▁the ▁Es sex ▁side ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁he ▁did ▁make ▁a ▁single ▁List ▁A ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁G illet te