Herbert Sedgwick
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Herbert Amos Sedgwick was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
in 1906.
Born in Richmond
, Yorkshire
, England
, Sedgwick was a right arm fast bowler, who took five wickets for eight runs against Worcestershire
. Overall, he took 16 wickets at 20.43, at the strike rate of a wicket every twenty six balls. He scored 53 runs, with a best of 34 against Lancashire
in the Roses Match
, at an average of 17.66. He took two catches in the field. His other appearances came against the West Indian tourists.
He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1907-7), Staffordshire
(1911-1928), R. W. Frank's XI (1906) and Minor Counties North (1923).
Sedgwick died in December 1957 in Stoke-on-Trent
, Staffordshire
, England.
English people
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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...
er, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in 1906.
Born in Richmond
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and civil parish on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. It is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and serves as the Park's main tourist centre...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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, England
England
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, Sedgwick was a right arm fast bowler, who took five wickets for eight runs against Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
. Overall, he took 16 wickets at 20.43, at the strike rate of a wicket every twenty six balls. He scored 53 runs, with a best of 34 against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
in the Roses Match
Roses Match
The Roses Match refers to any game of cricket played between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Yorkshire's emblem is the white rose, while Lancashire's is the red rose. The associations go back to the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century...
, at an average of 17.66. He took two catches in the field. His other appearances came against the West Indian tourists.
He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1907-7), Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
(1911-1928), R. W. Frank's XI (1906) and Minor Counties North (1923).
Sedgwick died in December 1957 in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England.