Joe Denton
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Joe Denton was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played fifteen matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
in 1887 and 1888.
Born in Wakefield
, Yorkshire
, England
, Denton was a right-handed batsman who scored 222 runs at an average of 9.65. The highlight of his playing career was his top score of 59 against Sussex. He reappeared for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1892.
His more famous brother, David Denton
, played 11 Tests for England, 676 times for Yorkshire and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1906.
Denton died in Purston Jaglin
, Yorkshire, in July 1946.
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 fifteen 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....
in 1887 and 1888.
Born in Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, 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
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, Denton was a right-handed batsman who scored 222 runs at an average of 9.65. The highlight of his playing career was his top score of 59 against Sussex. He reappeared for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1892.
His more famous brother, David Denton
David Denton
David Denton was an English first-class cricketer. An attacking batsman, he had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleven Tests for England. His nickname of 'Lucky' came from his habit of surviving the numerous chances, that his attacking batting style naturally created for the opposition...
, played 11 Tests for England, 676 times for Yorkshire and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1906.
Denton died in Purston Jaglin
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies south-west of Pontefract and has a population of 14,175.Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.-History:...
, Yorkshire, in July 1946.