Arthur Somers-Cocks was an English

England

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-born West Indian cricketer

Cricketer

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: a right-handed batsman and right arm fast bowler

Fast bowling

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 who played ten first-class

First-class cricket

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 games for Barbados around the turn of the twentieth century. Nine of these matches came between the 1894-95 and 1896-97 seasons, with a final appearance in 1901-02.

Playing against R. S. Lucas

Robert Slade Lucas

Robert Slade Lucas was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium paced bowler...

' XI at Bridgetown

Kensington Oval

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 in February 1895, Somers-Cocks achieved a career-best innings return of 8-99.

In 1896/97 he took a hat-trick

Hat-trick

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 against A Priestley

Arthur Priestley

Sir Arthur Alexander Priestley was an English Liberal Party politician and cricketer. After three unsuccessful candidacies he held a seat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1918...

's XI at the same ground.

He was born in Bredbury

Bredbury

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, Stockport

Stockport

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; he died aged 52 at Harrison College

Harrison College (Barbados)

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, Bridgetown

Bridgetown

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