About Cornelius Nicholls
Lived 1838 – 1895 (aged 56–57). Cornelius Nicholls was a cricketer.
Cornelius Nicholls (17 March 1838 – 1895) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Nicholls, who was born at Pendleton in March 1838, made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the North against Surrey at The Oval in 1863. Batting at number eleven in the North's first-innings, he was unbeaten on 4, while in their second-innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for 14 runs by Tom Sewell. With the ball, he took figures of 4 for 19 in Surrey's first-innings and followed that up by taking figures of 4 for 44 in their second-innings. In the return fixture at Salford, Nicholls stood in the match as an umpire. Nicholls died at Chorlton in 1895.
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Cornelius Nicholls was born on 17 March 1838 in Pendleton.
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Cornelius Nicholls died in 1895 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
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Cornelius Nicholls was a cricketer.
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