Augustus Gilbert Finnis Clark (31 July 1862 – 7 May 1928) was an English cricketer. Clark was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Dover, Kent.
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| Full name | Augustus Gilbert Finnis Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1862 Dover, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 1928 (aged 65) Hastings, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1886 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clark made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1886.[1] Clark batted at number ten in Sussex's first-innings and was dismissed for a single run by Jimmy Wootton. In their second-innings he batted at number four and was dismissed by the same bowler for a duck, with Sussex winning the match by 59 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
He died at Hastings, Sussex on 7 May 1928, gassing himself in his house.[3]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Augustus Clark". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent, 1886". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Former Cricketer Found Dead". Leicester Mercury. 7 May 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
External links
edit- Augustus Clark at ESPNcricinfo
- Augustus Clark at CricketArchive