County Cricket
Ellison played for one English county during his entire career; he was Kent's 164th cap, and played for the team from 1981 to 1993. Ellison's first-class debut for Kent came in 1981, when he was just short of 22 years old. He scored 55 not out and 11 not out, batting at number 9 in the order and took the wicket of John Southern for 13 runs, in the five overs he was given in the match.
He played in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup final. His bowling figures of three for 27 helped restrict Middlesex to just 199 for seven. When Kent came to bat, Ellison's 29 was in vain, as Middlesex won by just two runs.
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