Basil Clarke (cricketer)

Basil Clarke (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Basil Clarke


country = England
fullname = Basil Frederick Clarke
dayofbirth = 26
monthofbirth = 9
yearofbirth = 1885
placeofbirth = Madras
countryofbirth = India
dayofdeath = 4
monthofdeath = 5
yearofdeath = 1940
placeofdeath = Hove, Sussex
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling =
role = Batsman
club1 = Leicestershire
year1 = 1922
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Army
year2 = 1919-1920
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Gloucestershire
year3 = 1914-1920
clubnumber3 =
club4 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
year4 = 1919
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 23 July
debutyear1 = 1914
debutfor1 = Gloucestershire
debutagainst1 = Nottinghamshire
lastdate1 = 8 July
lastyear1 = 1922
lastfor1 = Leicestershire
lastagainst1 = Hampshire
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 20
runs1 = 349
bat avg1 = 12.03
100s/50s1 = 1/0
top score1 = 108*
deliveries1 = 18
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 0/24
catches/stumpings1 = 10/0
date = 20 April
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/28555.html CricketArchive

Basil Frederick Clarke (26 September 1885–4 May 1940) was an Indian-born English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11148.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman, he played county cricket for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/28555.html CricketArchive profile] ] and also played twice for the Egypt national cricket team. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Basil Clarke] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born in Madras in 1885, Basil Clarke made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire during the 1914 English cricket season. He played two further county championship matches, against Lancashire and Yorkshire, that season. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Basil Clarke] at CricketArchive]

His cricket career was interrupted by the First World War, and he returned to first-class cricket for the 1919 season, when he played four County Championship matches for Gloucestershire. He also played first-class matches for Gloucestershire against Worcestershire and the touring Australian Imperial Forces team in addition to a match for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's and a match for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University during the season.

He played three County Championship matches for Gloucestershire in 1920, in addition to a match for the Army against Oxford University. He moved to play for Leicestershire for the 1922 season, playing five County Championship matches in his last year of first-class cricket.

He played twice for the Egypt national side against Free Foresters in April 1927. He scored just one first-class century in his career, an unbeaten 108 against Hampshire [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Basil Clarke] at CricketArchive] in 1919. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28555/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class batting and fielding in each season by Basil Clarke] at CricketArchive] He died in Sussex in 1940.

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