Carst Posthuma
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Carst Posthuma was a Dutch cricket
player of the late 19th/early 20th century. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm fast bowler.
He played 72 times for the Dutch national team
up to 1928, when he would have been sixty years old. He holds the Dutch record for most wickets in a career, taking 2338 wickets at an average of 8.67 throughout his playing career. He was also the first Dutchman to take 100 wickets in a season in 1900, and the first to score a century in domestic cricket in 1894.
Perhaps the highest profile time of his career came in 1903 when he played five first-class games for W. G. Grace
's London County Cricket Club
. In his five matches, he took 23 wickets at an average of 15.04, with best bowling figures of 7/68 coming against Leicestershire
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
player of the late 19th/early 20th century. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm fast bowler.
He played 72 times for the Dutch national team
Dutch cricket team
The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New...
up to 1928, when he would have been sixty years old. He holds the Dutch record for most wickets in a career, taking 2338 wickets at an average of 8.67 throughout his playing career. He was also the first Dutchman to take 100 wickets in a season in 1900, and the first to score a century in domestic cricket in 1894.
Perhaps the highest profile time of his career came in 1903 when he played five first-class games for W. G. Grace
W. G. Grace
William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport...
's London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
. In his five matches, he took 23 wickets at an average of 15.04, with best bowling figures of 7/68 coming against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
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