George Marples
English cricketer
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George Holmes Marples (30 May 1883 – 30 December 1947) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.
Fullname
George Holmes Marples
Born30 May 1883
Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England
Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England
Died30 December 1947 (aged 64)
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
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| Full name | George Holmes Marples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1883 Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1947 (aged 64) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1905 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 10 July 1904 Derbyshire v Australians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 17 July 1905 Derbyshire v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket. In his second match, a week later against Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC won by an innings and 252 runs. Marples was a left-arm medium-fast bowler who took one wicket in his career at an average of 116.00 and a tailend batsman who scored 11 runs in 4 innings in 2 first-class matches.
Marples died in Chesterfield at the age of 64.[1]