About John Dale
Lived 1848 – 1895 (aged 47). John Dale was a British cricketer and rower.
John William Dale (21 June 1848 – 26 June 1895) was an English rower and cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1868 to 1870, for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1869 to 1882 and for Middlesex from 1874 to 1878.
Dale was born at Lincoln, the son of Thurston Dale, a solicitor. He was educated at Tonbridge School and was in the Tonbridge School cricket team from 1863 to 1866. He was admitted at St John's College, Cambridge on 12 July 1866.
Dale became a salaried partner in his firm in 1879. He enjoyed country sports and hunted with most of the best packs and was a first-rate fisherman.
Dale died at 1 Upper George Street, Westminster aged 47 from an attack of pneumonia following influenza.
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Who was John Dale?
English rower and cricketer (1848-1895)
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John Dale was born on 21 June 1848 in Lincoln.
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John Dale died on 26 June 1895 in Westminster.
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John Dale was a cricketer and rower.
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John Dale was British.
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