Luther Whitehead
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Luther Whitehead was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played in two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
in 1893, against the MCC
and Gloucestershire
.
Born in Kingston upon Hull
, Yorkshire
, England
, Whitehead was a right-handed batsman who scored 21 runs in four innings, for an average of 5.25. Yorkshire beat MCC by seventeen runs in his debut match, and triumphed against Gloucestershire by nine wickets in the second. Whitehead made his best score in the latter match, before being bowled by 13 by W. G. Grace
.
Whitehead played for Ossett C.C. from 1907 to 1913, acting as their professional in 1907.
He was head of the Leeds Meter Company, and died on business at the age of 61, in January 1931 in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
.
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 in two 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 1893, against the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
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and Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
.
Born in Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, 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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, Whitehead was a right-handed batsman who scored 21 runs in four innings, for an average of 5.25. Yorkshire beat MCC by seventeen runs in his debut match, and triumphed against Gloucestershire by nine wickets in the second. Whitehead made his best score in the latter match, before being bowled by 13 by W. G. Grace
W. G. Grace
William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport...
.
Whitehead played for Ossett C.C. from 1907 to 1913, acting as their professional in 1907.
He was head of the Leeds Meter Company, and died on business at the age of 61, in January 1931 in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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