Facts: - source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8816.html cricinfo - fivefor: & ndash ; & ndash ; - country: england - bowling: leg break - birth date: 4 may 1938 - deliveries: balls 150 & ndash ; - columns: 2 - s/s: & ; / & ndash ; ndash ; / & ndash ; & ndash - year: 1960 1972 2011 & ndash ; 1961 1957 & ndash ; - birth place: great missenden , buckinghamshire , england - date: 1938 5 4 yes - column: first-class list a - catches/stumpings: 8 & ndash ; / & ndash ; & ndash ; / - fullname: gerald atkins - tenfor: & ndash ; & ndash ; - matches: 20 3 - nickname: bill - batting: left-handed - runs: 394 16 - wickets: 2 & ndash ; - club: cambridge university buckinghamshire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill atkins -lrb- cricketer -rrb- .
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gerald atkins -lrb- born 14 may 1938 -rrb- is a former english cricketer .atkins was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break .he was born in great missenden , buckinghamshire .he is known by his nickname bill .atkins made his debut for buckinghamshire in the 1957 minor counties championship against oxfordshire .atkins served in the british army , and it was for a combined services team that he made his first-class debut for against warwickshire in 1958 .he played a further first-class match the following season for the team against somerset .the season following that , he made his first-class debut for cambridge university against surrey .he played 17 further first-class matches for the university , the last coming against kent in 1961 .in his 18 first-class matches for the university , atkins scored 338 runs at a batting average of 11.65 , with a high score of 49 .while playing first-class cricket , he also continued to play minor counties cricket for buckinghamshire , representing the county to 1972 and making 107 minor counties championship appearances .he made his list a debut for buckinghamshire in the 1965 gillette cup against middlesex .he played 2 further list a matches for the county , both coming in the 1970 gillette cup against bedfordshire and hampshire .in his 3 list a matches , he scored 16 runs at an average of 8.00 , with a high score of 16 .