- Percy Clark
Infobox Old Cricketer
nationality = United States
country = United States of America
country abbrev = USA
picture = Percy Clark.jpg
name = Percy Clark
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm Fast-Medium
FCs = 53
FC runs = 897
FC bat avg = 12.81
FC 100s/50s = 0/2
FC top score = 67
FC balls = 8353
FC wickets = 199
FC bowl avg = 21.97
FC 5s = 11
FC 10s = 4
FC best bowling = 8-91
FC catches/stumpings =
debut date = 14 September
debut year = 1894
last date = 4 July
last year = 1913
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27240/27240.html Cricket ArchivePercy Hamilton Clark (
7 August 1873 –12 August 1965 ) was an Americancricket er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He began playing cricket in 1885 and soon found himself at the top of the game in the USA during the brief "Golden Age" of North American cricket.He often opened the bowling with
Bart King when playing for thePhiladelphian cricket team and the USA national team. He played 53 first-class matches in all, taking 199 wickets in his career at an average of 21.97, taking 10 wickets in a match four times, and having an innings best of 8/91 against Worcestershire in 1903.Whilst not known for his batting, he did make two first-class half-centuries. His best was a score of 67, also coming in the 1903 match against Worcestershire where he recorded his best bowling.
Clark also played for the USA national team, and took five or more wickets on four occasions in the regular match against Canada, his best being 6/41 in the 1900 game in
Manheim .References
* [http://www.canadiancricket.org/index.jsp?page_id=usastats List of Canada v USA matches]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27240/27240.html Cricket Archive profile]
* [http://www.haverford.edu/library/cricket/site_update/famous_Clark.htm Profile at CC Morris Cricket Library]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25705.html Cricinfo profile]
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