Montagu Henry Toller was an English cricket

Cricket

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 player. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.
Toller was in the cricket XI and the rugby XV at Blundell's School

Blundell's School

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. He was a solicitor by profession.

County career

Toller played six first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches for Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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 in 1897. His highest first-class score was 17 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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. He only bowled once in first-class cricket, taking one wicket for 15 runs against Philadelphia

Philadelphian cricket team

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. He also played for Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

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Olympics

Toller was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain cricket team at the 1900 Summer Olympics

1900 Summer Olympics

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, the only time cricket has featured in the Olympics. In the only game against France

French cricket team

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he scored 2 runs in the Great Britain first innings and did not bat in the second. He took seven wickets for just nine runs in the French second innings.