- Joseph Rowbotham
Joseph Rowbotham (
July 8 ,1831 in Highfield,Sheffield -December 22 ,1899 inMorecambe ,Lancashire ) was a first classcricket er who played six matches forYorkshire County Cricket Club , in their pre-county incarnation from1861 and1862 and 94 for them a county club from1863 to1876 . He played forM.C.C. in1856 and also appeared for Sheffield (1854),All England Eleven (1862-1868), Players (1864-1869), England (1864), Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire (1864), Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire (1872),United North of England Eleven (1870-1875), North of England (1857-1875) and Players of the North (1874-1876) in first class games. He played non-first class cricket for an All England Eleven in 1865.He was
Yorkshire Club captain in 1873 and 1875. In 141 first class matches in all he scored 3,694 runs at 15.92 with 3 centuries and a best of 113 againstSurrey CCC . An occasional wicket keeper, he took 70 catches and completed 5 stumpings. He also took 3 for 37 againstGloucestershire CCC , his only first class spell.He umpired in one Test Match, England v Australia at
Manchester from July 10th to 12th, 1884.References
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19840.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32507/32507.html Cricket Archive Statistics]
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