Joshua Chaytor

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Joshua Chaytor
country = England
fullname = Joshua David Gerald Chaytor
dayofbirth = 13
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1903
placeofbirth = Knockmaroon, County Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
dayofdeath = 4
monthofdeath = 3
yearofdeath = 1937
placeofdeath = Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
countryofdeath = India
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
role = Batsman
club1 = Free Foresters
year1 = 1924
type1 = First-class
onetype1 = true
debutdate1 = 11 June
debutyear1 = 1924
debutfor1 = Free Foresters
debutagainst1 = Cambridge University
deliveries = balls
columns = 0
date = 24 May
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28514/28514.html CricketArchive

Joshua David Gerald Chaytor (13 May 1903–4 March 1937) was an Irish born English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11106.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket in the 1924 English cricket season [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28514/28514.html CricketArchive profile] ] and also represented the Egypt national cricket team. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28514/all_teams.html Teams played for by Joshua Chaytor] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born in Ireland in 1903, Joshua Chaytor played his one first-class match in June 1924, representing the Free Foresters against Cambridge University. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28514/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Joshua Chaytor] at CricketArchive] Later in the year he played for the MCC against his native Ireland. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28514/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Joshua Chaytor] at CricketArchive]

In April 1933 he played for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI, top-scoring with 41 in the second innings. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/135/135984.html Scorecard] of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 20 April 1933 at CricketArchive] He died in India in 1937 whilst playing polo. [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1938 [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228185.html Obituaries] ]

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