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Percy Dobell

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Percy Dobell (29 April 1864 – 5 January 1903) was an English cricketer active from 1886 to 1887 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Huyton and died in Liverpool. He appeared in ten first-class matches as a righthanded batsman, scoring 142 runs with a highest score of 28, and held four catches.[1] In 1903, Dobell killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head from a revolver inside his offices.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Percy Dobell at CricketArchive
  2. ^ "Sensational Suicides in Liverpool". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 January 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 16 October 2023.