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In 1859 William Prest was involved with the formation of the 2nd West
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Arabella Prest and moved with them to Sheffield when his brother John Beevor Prest bought a wine business. There he became a noted cricketer and played cricket for Sheffield 16 times between 1852 and 1862. He scored 286 runs at an average of 10.21 as a batter and got at
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