Benjamin Nicholls
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| Full name | Benjamin Ernest Nicholls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1864 Byfleet, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1945 (aged 80) Kirdford, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1884–1885 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1883–1888 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benjamin Ernest Nicholls (4 October 1864 – 6 June 1945) was an English cricketer active in the 1880s and briefly in 1901, making sixteen appearances in first-class cricket. Nicholls was a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, who played first-class cricket for Sussex, Oxford University, and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Career and life
The son of Henry Nicholls, he was born at
Hove, before a thirteen-year gap before his final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1901.[3]
Nicholls married Violet Mary Osmaston on 26 April 1899, with the couple having three children (two daughters followed by a son). He died at Kirdford, Sussex on 6 June 1945.
References
- ^ a b c "Wisden – Obituaries in 1945". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views (1893)".
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Benjamin Nicholls". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Benjamin Nicholls". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Benjamin Nicholls". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Oxford University v Lancashire, 1884". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
External links
- Benjamin Nicholls at ESPNcricinfo
- Benjamin Nicholls at CricketArchive