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Somerset". During a season in which his side had finished bottom of the championship with only two wins, Poyntz scored 363 runs at an average of 15.12, with a single half-century; 50 runs exactly
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898:"First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Massey Poyntz"
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815:"Loss to Cricket. Former Somerset & Essex Amateurs Dead"
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On his debut for Somerset, Poyntz batted strongly in the
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865:"Gloucestershire v Somerset: County Championship 1905"
843:"Somerset v Gloucestershire: County Championship 1905"
1137:"First-class Bowling in Each Season by Massey Poyntz"
1375:"Cambridge University v Army: University Match 1919"
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332:(27 October 1883 – 26 December 1934) was an English
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703:"Player Profile: Massey Poyntz"
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790:"Player Profile: Hugh Poyntz"
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