Irwin Grimshaw
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Irwin Grimshaw was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played 125 first-class games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1880 and 1887.
Born in Farsley
, Leeds
, Yorkshire
, England
, Grimshaw also appeared in thirteen other first-class games for T Emmett's XI (1881-1883), A Shaw's XI (1881), North of England (1883-1887), Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire (1883), the Players (1884), an England XI (1884-1886), Lord Sheffield's XI (1885) and L Hall's XI (1885).
A right-handed middle order batsman, he scored 3,682 runs at 18.50. He compiled three centuries, 129* against Cambridge University
, 122* against Derbyshire
and 114 against Nottinghamshire
. He did not bowl in first-class cricket.
One of seven children and the son of a gamekeeper, he learned his early cricket with Farsley United C.C. and Bingley C.C. After his playing career drew to a close at Yorkshire, he played as a professional at several northern league clubs, including Holmfirth C.C., Nelson C.C.
in Lancashire
, Cudworth C.C. and Dobcross C.C. From 1885 to at least 1891 he was employed at, and probably landlord of, the New Inn, Farsley but, like many professionals of his era, he fell upon hard times in his later years and died in poverty stricken circumstances.
Grimshaw died in Farsley in January 1811, and was buried at Calverley in Leeds.
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 125 first-class games 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....
between 1880 and 1887.
Born in Farsley
Farsley
Farsley is a commuter town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England 6 miles to the west of Leeds city centre, and 4 miles east of Bradford. It was formerly in the municipal borough of nearby Pudsey....
, Leeds
Leeds
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, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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, England
England
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, Grimshaw also appeared in thirteen other first-class games for T Emmett's XI (1881-1883), A Shaw's XI (1881), North of England (1883-1887), Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire (1883), the Players (1884), an England XI (1884-1886), Lord Sheffield's XI (1885) and L Hall's XI (1885).
A right-handed middle order batsman, he scored 3,682 runs at 18.50. He compiled three centuries, 129* against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
, 122* against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
and 114 against Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
. He did not bowl in first-class cricket.
One of seven children and the son of a gamekeeper, he learned his early cricket with Farsley United C.C. and Bingley C.C. After his playing career drew to a close at Yorkshire, he played as a professional at several northern league clubs, including Holmfirth C.C., Nelson C.C.
Nelson Cricket Club
Nelson Cricket Club, based at Seedhill in Nelson, Lancashire, are a cricket club in the Lancashire League. They play at the Seedhill ground in Nelson. Their captain for the 2011 season is Thomas Lord and their professional is New Zealand international player Luke Woodcock.Nelson Cricket Club was...
in Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, Cudworth C.C. and Dobcross C.C. From 1885 to at least 1891 he was employed at, and probably landlord of, the New Inn, Farsley but, like many professionals of his era, he fell upon hard times in his later years and died in poverty stricken circumstances.
Grimshaw died in Farsley in January 1811, and was buried at Calverley in Leeds.