Lewis Wrathmell
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Lewis Franklin Wrathmell (22 January 1855 – 16 September 1928) was an English
first-class cricket
er, who made his only appearance for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
against Cambridge University
, at Fenners in 1886. Batting at number four, he scored seventeen runs before he was caught by the University's wicket-keeper
, Knatchbull-Hugessen, off the bowling of Dorman in Yorkshire's first innings of 154. He fell LBW
to the same bowler for one run, as Yorkshire were bowled out for 124, to lose the game by twenty six runs.
Wrathmell was born in Kirkheaton
, Yorkshire
, England
, and died, aged 73, in Dewsbury
, Yorkshire.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
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 made his only appearance 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....
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...
, at Fenners in 1886. Batting at number four, he scored seventeen runs before he was caught by the University's wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
, Knatchbull-Hugessen, off the bowling of Dorman in Yorkshire's first innings of 154. He fell LBW
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
to the same bowler for one run, as Yorkshire were bowled out for 124, to lose the game by twenty six runs.
Wrathmell was born in Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton is a village north east of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and has a population of 4,209 together with Upper Heaton.- Education :Kirkheaton has a primary school, Kirkheaton Primary School, which is situated on New Road....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and died, aged 73, in Dewsbury
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds...
, Yorkshire.