Joseph Sullivan (cricketer)
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Joseph Hubert Baron Sullivan (21 September 1890 – 8 February 1932) was an English
amateur
first-class cricket
er, who played for one game for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
in 1912, two for Cambridge University
and one more for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI in 1912. He also played four first-class games for the Europeans in India from 1921/22 to 1924/25.
Born in York
, Sullivan was a right arm medium fast bowler, who took seven wickets at 27.71, with a best of 3 for 24 against the Indians. He scored 209 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a best of 44, also against the Indians. He took three catches in the field.
He died in February 1932 in Parkgate, Cheshire
, aged 41. His brother, Arnold Sullivan, played thirteen games for Cambridge University and Sussex
.
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...
amateur
Amateur status in first-class cricket
Amateur status in first-class cricket had a special meaning, especially in England, in that the amateur in this context was not merely someone who played cricket in his spare time but a particular type of first-class cricketer who existed officially until 1962, when the distinction between amateurs...
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 for one game 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 1912, two for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
and one more for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI in 1912. He also played four first-class games for the Europeans in India from 1921/22 to 1924/25.
Born in York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
, Sullivan was a right arm medium fast bowler, who took seven wickets at 27.71, with a best of 3 for 24 against the Indians. He scored 209 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a best of 44, also against the Indians. He took three catches in the field.
He died in February 1932 in Parkgate, Cheshire
Parkgate, Cheshire
Parkgate is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the part that lies in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the North West of England...
, aged 41. His brother, Arnold Sullivan, played thirteen games for Cambridge University and Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
.