- Benjamin Bolton
Benjamin Charles Bolton was a first class cricketer who made 4 appearances for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890 and 1891.Born on
September 23 ,1861 in Cottingham, Hull he died on onNovember 18 ,1910 in the same town.He was a right arm fast medium bowler who claimed 13 wickets at just 19.38. He had a fine debut match against
Gloucestershire inDewsbury in 1890, bagging 4 for 63 in an innings and an excellent 7 for 105 in the match, although the visitors ran out winners by 84 runs. He then played againstKent and, in his last match of the season, claimed a career best of 5 for 40 againstSussex He reappeared in 1891 against
Surrey but took only 1 for 73 as Yorkshire lost by an innings and, somewhat unluckily, was not asked to play again.As a right handed tail end batsman he scored 25 runs at 4.16 with a best of 11.
He also played for Yorkshire Second XI in 1900.
References
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9844.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27989/27989.html Cricket Archive Statistics]
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