Ernest Suckling was an English

England

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 cricketer

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 who played five first-class

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 matches for Warwickshire

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 and Worcestershire

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 in the years after the First World War, having played Second XI cricket for Warwickshire as long ago as 1910.

Suckling made his debut for Warwickshire against Yorkshire

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 at Edgbaston

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 in June 1919; he scored 2 and 4 and bowled three wicketless overs.
He also appeared for his county in a non-Championship

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 game against Worcestershire in August, when he made 39 from number ten in the order in a drawn match.

He did not appear at first-class level again until 1923, when he made the first of his three appearances for Worcestershire: two that season and one in 1924. On his Worcestershire debut, against Lancashire

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, he took 4-71, the only first-class wickets of his career, including those of Test

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 players Jack Sharp

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 and Cecil Parkin.
In Suckling's next game, against Kent

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 at Dudley

Tipton Road

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, he produced his only half-century, making 58.
He ended his first-class career on a low note versus Gloucestershire

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: after 0*

Not out

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 in the first innings, he was dismissed for 0 by Percy Mills

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Suckling played in the Lancashire League as the club professional for Enfield Cricket Club

Enfield Cricket Club

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in 1925.