William Clifford
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William Clifford was an English cricket
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 of the mid-19th century who played for Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...

. He was a right-hand batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper.

His grandfather was the Georgian all-rounder Robert Clifford and his brother FS Clifford also played in first-class matches.

William Clifford made his debut in the 1834 season
1834 English cricket season
-First-class matches:-Leading batsmen:Fuller Pilch was the leading runscorer with 551 @ 61.22Other leading batsmen were: T Marsden, R Kynaston, H Jenner, J Cobbett-Leading bowlers:William Lillywhite was the leading wicket-taker with 38...

 and played in 29 first-class matches till his untimely death during the 1841 season
1841 English cricket season
The 1841 English cricket season saw the official foundation of Nottinghamshire CCC although the club may already have been in existence since 1835.-First-class matches:-Events:March/April...

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