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Somerset as a lower-order batsman and right-arm fast bowler. In his first game, against
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heiress). Gilbert and Rosa lived at 181 Banbury Road, Oxford, for four years and then moved to 11 Charlbury Road, Oxford.
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613:. www.cricketarchive.com. 17 August 1905
591:. www.cricketarchive.com. 25 August 1902
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562:"The Amateur Athletic Championships"
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750:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
674:"Recovery of Stolen Property".
678:. 2 November 1906. p. 12.
636:. 11 January 1902. p. 43.
589:"Scorecard: Somerset v Surrey"
32:Gilbert Claude Vassall in 1899
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514:"Varsity Match Long Jump Men"
702:. 2 August 1929. p. 11.
611:"Scorecard: Somerset v Kent"
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659:"Servants Etc Wanted".
469:. www.familysearch.org
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288:Gilbert Claude Vassall
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329:. He was educated at
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632:"Vassall-Cotter".
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292:first-class
162:Runs scored
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399:West Coker
379:Ted Dillon
59:1876-04-05
634:The Queen
389:Marriages
350:C. B. Fry
317:Biography
255:stumpings
188:Top score
120:1902—1905
92:, England
73:, England
307:Somerset
299:Somerset
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253:Catches/
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154:Matches
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