David Eastwood (cricketer)
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David Eastwood was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played twenty nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1870 and 1877.
Born in Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield
, Yorkshire
, England
, Eastwood was a right slow round arm bowler who took twenty catches and scored 807 first-class runs, with a top score of 68, at an average of 13.22. His bowling netted 36 wickets at an average of 19.83, with best figures of 6 for 69. His first-class career lasted from 1870 to 1879.
Eastwood died in May 1903, in Sheepridge
, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, aged 55.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played twenty nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
between 1870 and 1877.
Born in Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Eastwood was a right slow round arm bowler who took twenty catches and scored 807 first-class runs, with a top score of 68, at an average of 13.22. His bowling netted 36 wickets at an average of 19.83, with best figures of 6 for 69. His first-class career lasted from 1870 to 1879.
Eastwood died in May 1903, in Sheepridge
Sheepridge
Sheepridge is a hamlet in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England.The hamlet is located in a small indentation of an outlying part of the Chiltern Hills. It can be found on Sheepridge Lane, which connects Flackwell Heath to Well End and Bourne End.There are a few houses and one...
, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, aged 55.