Robert Else
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| Born | 17 November 1876 Holloway, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 September 1955 (aged 78) Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901–1903 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 30 May 1901 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 17 August 1903 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Else (17 November 1876 – 16 September 1955) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.
Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat Factory in Wirksworth.[1] Else made his debut for Derbyshire in May 1901 against Surrey, when his scores were 1 and 2. He played again that season against the South Africans when he opened the batting scoring a duck in the first innings and surviving the whole of the second innings for 6 not out. He did not play again until July 1903 when against London County he took a wicket and made his top score of 28. He played his last two matches in 1903 and made little impression in them.
Else was a left-hand batsman and played ten innings in five first-class matches with an average of 7.3 and a top score of 28. He bowled fifteen overs and took 1 first-class wicket for 61 runs in total.[2]
Else died at Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire at the age of 78.
References
[edit]- ^ British Census 1881 RG11 3420/78 p18
- ^ Robert Else at Cricket Archive