About Joseph Birley
Lived 1827 – 1881 (aged 54). Joseph Birley was a cricketer.
Joseph Hornby Birley (12 March 1827 – 5 October 1881) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Hugh Hornby Birley and Cicely Hornby, he was born at Manchester in March 1827. He was educated at Winchester College, after which he became a merchant at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Manchester against Sheffield at Hyde Park in 1852. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in Manchester's first-innings by Henry Wright, while in their second-innings he was run out for 14. Birley later became a justice of the peace and he died at Newton-le-Willows in October 1881.
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English cricketer
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Joseph Birley was born on 12 March 1827 in Manchester.
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Joseph Birley died on 5 October 1881 in Newton-le-Willows.
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Joseph Birley was a cricketer.
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