, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 – 12 April 1985 in Nakuru

Nakuru

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, Kenya

Kenya

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) was an Irish cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in July 1927 in a first-class

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...

 match. He went on to play for Ireland on 17 occasions, his last match coming in July 1932 against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

.

Of his matches for Ireland, eight had first-class status. In all matches for Ireland, he scored 372 runs at an average of 15.50, with a top score of 52 not out against the MCC at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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 in July 1931. He took 79 wickets at an average

Bowling average

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 of 16.95, with his best bowling figures being 7/51 on his debut against Scotland.

Prior to playing for Ireland, he played two first-class matches for Dublin University

Dublin University Cricket Club

Dublin University Cricket Club is a cricket team in Ireland. They currently play in the Leinster Senior League, and in the past had first-class status, and played against several sides that were touring England, including the Australians , South Africans and West Indians .Their first first-class...

 against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1926. After playing for Ireland, he moved back to India, the country of his birth, and played four first-class matches there, one for a Viceroy's XI (the Viceroy of India

Governor-General of India

The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William...

 at the time was George Freeman-Thomas

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

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) and three for Delhi

Delhi cricket team

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. His brother Patrick

Patrick Dixon (cricketer)

Patrick O'Madigan Dixon was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace and leg-break bowler, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Scotland in June 1932.He also played two first-class matches for Dublin University against...

also represented Ireland at cricket.