Lionel Major
English cricketer
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Lionel Hugh Major (21 April 1883 – 25 June 1965) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset.[1][2] He was born in Wembdon, Somerset and died in Exmouth, Devon.
Fullname
Lionel Hugh Major
Born21 April 1883
Wembdon, Somerset, England
Wembdon, Somerset, England
Died25 June 1965 (aged 82)
Exmouth, Devon, England
Exmouth, Devon, England
1903Somerset
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| Full name | Lionel Hugh Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1883 Wembdon, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 1965 (aged 82) Exmouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1903 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Major made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1903 season, against Sussex.[3] From the tailend, he scored 6 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 11 runs in the second, and he took a single wicket in the Sussex second innings. Press reports for this match describe him as "an amateur from Bridgewater [sic]"; the Somerset side was missing several regular players.[4]