William Fletcher
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William Fletcher was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played six matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1891 and 1892.
Born in Whitkirk
, Leeds
, Yorkshire
, England
, Fletcher was a right arm fast bowler, who took nine wickets at 24.66, with a best of four for 45 against the M.C.C.
He scored 100 runs, batting right-handed, with a top score of 31* in the same game, for an average of 12.50. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1893.
Fletcher died in Knaresborough
, Yorkshire in June 1935.
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 six 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....
between 1891 and 1892.
Born in Whitkirk
Whitkirk
Whitkirk is a suburb of east Leeds, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Austhorpe to the east, Killingbeck to the west, Colton to the south-east and Halton to the south-west...
, Leeds
Leeds
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, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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, England
England
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, Fletcher was a right arm fast bowler, who took nine wickets at 24.66, with a best of four for 45 against the M.C.C.
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...
He scored 100 runs, batting right-handed, with a top score of 31* in the same game, for an average of 12.50. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1893.
Fletcher died in Knaresborough
Knaresborough
Knaresborough is an old and historic market town, spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located on the River Nidd, four miles east of the centre of Harrogate.-History:...
, Yorkshire in June 1935.