Joseph Wells (cricketer)
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Joseph Wells (14 July 1828 – 14 October 1910) was an English cricketer and father of the noted author H. G. Wells.[1]
Life
Wells was born at Penshurst Place in Kent. His uncle was Timothy Duke, a Penshurst bat and ball manufacturer.
He married Sarah Neal, a former domestic servant who was housemaid at Uppark
Wells was the first bowler to take four wickets in four balls in a first-class cricket match:[4][5] in 1862 he dismissed Sussex's James Dean, Spencer Leigh, Charles Ellis and Richard Fillery with successive balls. (Spencer Leigh was the great-nephew of Jane Austen.)[6] In 1866, while living at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, the couple had their fourth and last child "Bertie", who later became the author H. G. Wells.[7]
Wells died at
References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 8 August 2022.)
- ^ Uppark
- ISBN 0-300-03672-8
- ^ "Four wickets in four balls". CricInfo. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Sussex v Kent at Hove, 1862". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ Rice, Jonathan. "Never a famous cricketer". John Wisden. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-14-144112-2.