Alwyn Eato born Alwyne Eato was an English

England

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 cricket

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er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1950 and 1955.

Eato was born in Duckmanton

Duckmanton

A village part of the civil parish of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton, in North East Derbyshire, between Bolsover and Chesterfield.-History:Duckmanton is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the land of Ralph Fitzhubert....

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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. He was a mechanical engineer in full time occupation. He joined Derbyshire in the 1950 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.-1950...

 and played part-time in the first and second elevens over the next eight years. He made his first class debut for Derbyshire in June 1950. He played seven matches in the 1951 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1951 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.-1951 season:Guy...

 and took a five-wicket innings against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 that year. He did National Service in 1952 and during the year played for the Army and the Royal Engineers

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. He rejoined Derbyshire in the 1953 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.-1953...

, in which he played eight matches. He played seven first class games in the 1954 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1954 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.-1954...

 and two in the 1955 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1955

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1955 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty four years. It was their fifty-first season in the County Championship and they won ten matches and lost ten to finish eighth in the County Championship.-1955...

. His last second eleven game was in 1957.

Eato was right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 50 first class wickets at an average of 28.58 and a best performance of 5-14. He was a right-handed batsman and played 28 innings in 25 first class matches with an average of 9.56 and a top score of 44.

Eato died at Oxford

Oxford

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at the age of 79.