John Cartledge born John Cartledge Foster, was an English

England

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 cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1878.

Cartledge was born in Burton Joyce

Burton Joyce

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, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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. He took part in a Derbyshire vs. All England Eleven fixture in the 1878 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1878

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  Nine of the players in the All England Eleven were past, present, or future Test cricketers, and Derbyshire lost by seven wickets. Cartledge played as a lower-middle order batsman and was dismissed by Alfred Shaw

Alfred Shaw

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 for 1 and Dick Barlow

Dick Barlow

Richard Gorton Barlow was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England...

 for 0. Cartledge played a game for Nottinghamshire Colts in 1879.

Cartledge died in Stoke Bardolph

Stoke Bardolph

Stoke Bardolph is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire. It is to the east of Nottingham, and on the west bank of the River Trent. Nearby places include Burton Joyce and Radcliffe on Trent....

, Nottinghamshire at the age of 52.