Samuel Sharpe (13 January 1839 – 5 November 1924) was an English cricketer. Sharpe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.
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| Full name | Samuel Sharpe | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 January 1839 Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 1924 (aged 85) Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Sharpe (son) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Sharpe made two first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire in 1868, against Lancashire and Yorkshire, with both matches played at Trent Bridge.[1] In his first match, Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 74 all out. In response, Nottinghamshire made 296 all out in their first-innings, with Sharpe scoring 13 runs before he was dismissed by William Hickton. Lancashire were then dismissed for 148 in their second-innings, handing Nottinghamshire victory by an innings and 74 runs.[2] In his second match, Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat, making 213 all out. Responding in their first-innings, Nottinghamshire were dismissed for just 60, with Sharpe himself opening the batting and being dismissed for 5 runs by Roger Iddison. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Nottinghamshire made 158 all out, with Sharpe being dismissed for 11 runs by Tom Emmett. Yorkshire went on to win the match by 9 wickets.[3]
He died at the village of his birth on 5 November 1924. His son, John, played Test cricket for England.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Samuel Sharpe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
External links
edit- Samuel Sharpe at ESPNcricinfo
- Samuel Sharpe at CricketArchive