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Basil Church (cricketer)

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Basil Church
Personal information
BornOctober 1849
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Died31 January 1881 (age 31)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1871/72Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 May 2016

Basil Church (October 1849 – 31 January 1881) was an English-born cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago in the 1871–72 New Zealand season.[1][2]

Church was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire in England in 1849, the only son of a Church of England clergyman. He worked as a schoolteacher.[3][4] His only first-class match was a December 1871 fixture against Canterbury which Otago lost heavily. He scored three runs, 1 in his first innings and 2 not out in the second. This was the only match played in New Zealand during the season which has been given retrospective first-class status.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Basil Church". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Basil Church". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ Deaths, The Star, issue 4087, 27 May 1881, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 33. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  5. ^ Basil Church, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023. (subscription required)
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