Cyril Bland
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Born | 23 May 1872 Boston, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 July 1950 (aged 78) Cowbridge, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1897–1904 | Sussex County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cyril Bland. ESPN Cricarchive |
Cyril Herbert George Bland (23 May 1872 – 1 July 1950) was an English cricketer active from 1897 to 1904 who played for Sussex. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was educated at Boston Grammar School, and died in Cowbridge, Lincolnshire. He appeared in 147 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 998 runs with a highest score of 59 and took 557 wickets with a best performance of ten for 48.[1]
Bland achieved his ten wickets in an innings feat playing for Sussex against Kent at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, in the 1900 season.
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- 1872 births
- 1950 deaths
- English cricketers
- Sussex cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- Lincolnshire cricketers
- People from Boston, Lincolnshire
- Cricketers who committed suicide
- Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings
- People educated at Boston Grammar School
- English cricket biography, 1870s birth stubs