William Shotton
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William Shotton was an English
English people
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 first-class cricket
First-class cricket
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er, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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 against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
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 in 1865, and Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

 in 1874.

Born in Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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, England
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, Shotton was a right-handed batsman, who scored 13 runs at 3.25, with a best score of 7 against Kent. His right arm round arm medium bowling was not called upon.

Shotton died in May 1909 in Kirkheaton
Kirkheaton
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, Yorkshire. His father in law, Luke Greenwood
Luke Greenwood
Luke Greenwood was an English first-class cricketer, who played 48 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1861 to 1874...

, played 69 games for Yorkshire.

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