John Morley (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Wilby Morley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1838 Raithby, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1864 (aged 25) along the Mackenzie River, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1859–1860 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||
John Wilby Morley (30 July 1838 – 24 April 1864) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of The Reverend William Morley, he was born in July 1838 at Raithby, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1859–60,[3] scoring a total of 47 runs with a high score of 19.[4] Shortly after graduating from Oxford, Morley emigrated to Australia, where he died along the Mackenzie River in Queensland in April 1864.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 (5 ed.). Marlborough College. 1905. p. 50. ISBN 1528103440.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. pp. 984.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Morley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Morley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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