Codrington (MCC cricketer)
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Christopher Bethell-Codrington (born Christopher Codrington; October 1764 – 4 February 1843) was an English amateur cricket
er who made five known appearances in first-class cricket
matches in 1797.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who made five known appearances in first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches in 1797.