John Atkinson (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Atkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1878 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 1951 (aged 73) Bentley with Arksey, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frederick Wyld (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1899–1901 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Atkinson (7 June 1878 – 20 November 1951) was an English first-class cricketer. Atkinson was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Atkinson made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1899.[1] The following season he made three first-class appearances in the 1900 County Championship against Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire.[1] He made three further first-class appearances in 1901, against the Marylebone Cricket Club, Gloucestershire in the County Championship and the touring South Africans.[1] In his seven first-class matches he took 10 wickets at an average of 42.50, with best figures of 1/28.[2] With the bat, he scored a total of 40 runs in at a batting average of 5.00 and a high score of 19.[3] He played six matches for Todmorden Cricket Club in the Lancashire League in 1902.[4]
He died at Bentley with Arksey, Yorkshire on 20 November 1951. His uncle Frederick Wyld also played first-class cricket.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by John Atkinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Atkinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Atkinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "Lancashire League Matches played by John Atkinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- John Atkinson at ESPNcricinfo
- John Atkinson at CricketArchive