- Joe Murrell
Harry Robert Murrell (
19 November 1879 -15 August 1952 ), commonly known as Joe Murrell, was an Englishcricketer .Murrell was born in
Hounslow ,Middlesex . He was a right-handed batsman, left-arm bowler and wicketkeeper, who played 378 first-class cricket matches for Kent (1899-1905), MCC (1901-1919) and Middlesex (1906-1926). He scored 6,633 runs and as a prolific wicketkeeper, made 835 dismissals (564 caught and 271 stumped). After retiring, he was the 1st XI scorer for Middlesex from 1946 until his death atWest Wickham ,Kent , aged 72.He also played football for Woolwich Arsenal. After playing for local sides in Kent and Middlesex, he joined the Reds in October 1898, making his first-team debut against Small Heath on
March 31 ,1900 ; he played mainly as a full back filling in for injured regulars Jimmy Jackson andDavid McNichol . He left Arsenal for Clapton Orient in the summer of 1900, having played 6 first-team games for them.External links
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17753.html/ Joe Murrell] at Cricinfo
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31636/31636.html/ Joe Murrell] at Cricket Archive
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