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For the 1949 season, Symington was offered the captaincy of the county side and accepted, although he had played only two matches at this point. The move was not a success. Though Berry returned to form, the side as a whole played badly, and, having finished in 11th place out of 17 in the
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in 1948, Leicestershire slipped to bottom place in 1949. Under
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as an amateur in 1948 and 1949. He was captain of the
Leicestershire side in 1949. After little more than a year in full-time cricket, he resumed a career in the Army. He was born at
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of 43.73. There was one good bowling day, early in the season: in
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This article is about the cricketer. For the U.S. senator from
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Symington joined the family firm of R. and W. H. Symington in
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33:Personal information
827:Whitaker's Almanack
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779:"No. 41743"
759:"No. 41461"
739:"No. 40016"
719:"No. 38256"
699:"No. 37510"
423:Gwynn Evans
203:Runs scored
189:First-class
185:Competition
113:All-rounder
842:Categories
489:References
411:Lancashire
404:Derbyshire
300:13/–
170:Lancashire
54:1926-09-16
809:3 January
683:3 January
661:3 January
639:3 January
617:3 January
595:3 January
531:3 January
509:3 January
485:in 2009.
419:Glamorgan
396:Leicester
369:Les Berry
361:Hampshire
347:in 1926.
296:stumpings
229:Top score
156:Hampshire
133:1948–1949
87:, England
68:, England
483:Hereford
433:amateur
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195:Matches
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345:Sussex
240:bowled
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365:Essex
263:40.22
243:2,753
238:Balls
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162:Last
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124:Years
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