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Henry Witchell

1906 – 1965

English cricketer

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Lived 1906 – 1965 (aged 59). Henry Witchell was a British cricketer.

Henry Gough Witchell (8 April 1906 – 24 August 1965) was an English cricketer. Witchell's batting style is unknown. He was born at Dursley, Gloucestershire.

Witchell made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Hampshire in the 1923 County Championship at the Spa Ground, Gloucester. He scored 4 runs in Gloucestershire first-innings, before being dismissed by Alec Kennedy, in what was his only batting innings of a drawn match. Over a decade later he joined Wiltshire, making his debut for the county in the 1934 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI. He played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1934 to 1938, making a further thirteen appearances for the county, the last of which came against Dorset. In 1935, he was selected to play for a combined Minor Counties team, making two first-class appearances against Cambridge University at Fenner's, and Oxford University at the University Parks.

He died at Cotham Hill, Bristol, on 24 August 1965.

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Who was Henry Witchell?

English cricketer (1906-1965)

When was Henry Witchell born?

Henry Witchell was born on 8 April 1906 in Dursley.

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Henry Witchell died on 24 August 1965 in Cotham.

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Henry Witchell was a cricketer.

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Henry Witchell was British.

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· Wikipedia: Henry Witchell

· Wikidata: Q16003943

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