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Henry Wilkinson

1877 – 1967

English county cricketer

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Lived 1877 – 1967 (aged 89). Henry Wilkinson was a British cricketer.

Henry Wilkinson(11 December 1877 – 15 April 1967) was an English first-class cricketer, who played fifty-one first-class games from 1903 to 1912. He appeared in forty-eight games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1903 to 1905, and for North of England, Woodbrook Club and Ground (1912) and C. B. Fry's XI (1912) in first-class games, and for the Yorkshire Second XI (1903–1906), Yorkshire Colts (1900) and Yorkshire Cricket Council (1903).

Born in Hillhouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Wilkinson was a right-handed batsman, who scored 1,467 runs at 19.05, with the highest score of 113, his only century, against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He took 21 catches in the field. He took three wickets at 40.33, with the best of 2 for 28 against Kent.

Wilkinson died in April 1967, in Simonstown, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Who was Henry Wilkinson?

English county cricketer (1877-1967)

When was Henry Wilkinson born?

Henry Wilkinson was born on 11 December 1877 in England, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

When did Henry Wilkinson die?

Henry Wilkinson died on 15 April 1967 in Cape Province, Simon's Town, South Africa.

What was Henry Wilkinson's occupation?

Henry Wilkinson was a cricketer.

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Henry Wilkinson was British.

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· Wikipedia: Henry Wilkinson

· Wikidata: Q5730172

· DBpedia: Henry Wilkinson (cricketer)

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