Robert Clifford (cricketer)
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Robert Clifford |
| Born | 8 March 1752 Bearsted, Kent |
| Died | 18 April 1811 (aged 59) Bearsted, Kent |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm slow |
| Relations |
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Source: CricInfo, 31 May 2022 | |
Robert Clifford (8 March 1752 – 18 April 1811) was an English cricketer who played in 71 first-class cricket matches between 1777 and 1792.[1][2]
Despite having a deformed right hand caused by a childhood accident, Clifford was an effective
leg break bowler who bowled right-arm slow underarm deliveries. Arthur Haygarth, writing in the mid-19th century, noted his attention to detail when bowling.[3] He was a left-handed batsman who was recognised as an all-rounder.[3][4]
Clifford mainly played for
Sir Horatio Mann and John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley. He also played 19 times for England sides,[a] for Hampshire sides and for the White Conduit Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[1] James Pycroft, writing in 1862, described him as one of Kent's three best players.[7]
Clifford was born at Bearsted in Kent in 1752 and died there in 1811 aged 59.[2] Two of his grandsons, William Clifford and Francis Clifford, also played cricket for Kent teams.[1][8]
Notes
- ^ During the time Clifford played, England sides were not representative of the country. Instead, they were sides composed of players from a range of locations brought together to play against another side.[5] So when Clifford made his first-class debut for an England XI in 1777 he played against a Hampshire XI in a team made up of players from Kent and Surrey.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Richard Clifford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-11-25. (subscription required)
- ^ CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ ISBN 9780224083232
- ^ Haygarth A (1862) Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826). Lillywhite.
- ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Pycroft J (1862) The Cricket-field, Or The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket, p. 79. London: Longman. (Available online at Google Books. Retrieved 2022-06-01.)
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
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