Nigel Francis Mark Popplewell (born 8 August 1957) is an English solicitor and former first-class cricketer who made more than 200 appearances for Somerset between 1979 and 1985.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, Popplewell also occasionally played as wicket-keeper.
Nigel Popplewell was educated at Radley College, where he captained the First XI in 1975, scoring 720 runs at an average of 45.00 and taking 60 wickets at 10.13.
[7] He was a member of Somerset's title-winning List A teams of the period: the 1979 John Player League; the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup, after he had won the Man of the match award in the semi-final;[8] the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup; and the 1983 NatWest Bank Trophy, when he made a valuable 35 at number six after going to the wicket with the score at 95 for 4.
He re-qualified as a solicitor in 1987, practising in Taunton, where he specialised first in litigation, then company law and subsequently tax.