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he played all twelve first-class matches for the club and one other and made his top score of 69 against
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Derbyshire with a top score of 69 and an average of 12.24. For Derbyshire he took 3 wickets with an average of 10.00 and a best performance of 2–10
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Derbyshire against Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and United South of England. He also played for Colts of England against MCC. He began playing regularly for Derbyshire in the
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402:Nottingham
338:Lancashire
330:Somercotes
319:Derbyshire
138:Lancashire
110:Derbyshire
67:Nottingham
40:1852-03-24
315:cricketer
278:stumpings
211:Top score
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105:1873–1882
69:, England
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