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Herbert Sedgwick

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Herbert Amos Sedgwick (8 April 1883 – 28 December 1957) was an English first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906.[1]

Born in Richmond, Yorkshire, England, Sedgwick was a right arm fast bowler, who took five wickets for eight runs against Worcestershire. Overall, he took 16 wickets at 20.43, at the strike rate of a wicket every twenty six balls. He scored 53 runs, with a best of 34 against Lancashire in the Roses Match, at an average of 17.66. He took two catches in the field.[1] His other appearances came against the West Indian tourists.

He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1907-7), Staffordshire (1911–1928), R. W. Frank's XI (1906) and Minor Counties North (1923).

Sedgwick died in December 1957 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

References

  1. ^ a b Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.