Everard Radcliffe

Sir Everard Joseph Reginald Henry Radcliffe, 5th Baronet (27 January 1884 – 23 November 1969), the 5th of the Radcliffe baronets, was an English amateur first-class cricketer.[1]

He was born at Hensleigh House, Tiverton, Devon, England, and was educated at Downside School and Oxford University.[2]

He played in 64 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1909 and 1911. He succeeded Lord Hawke as captain for one season in 1910. In first-class cricket Radcliffe scored 826 runs at 10.86, and took two wickets at an average of 67.00 and 21 catches.[1] He also played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen, Oxford University Authentics, and appeared in a single match in 1903 for Shropshire.[3]

He worked was a stockbroker in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Radcliffe family lived at Rudding Park House in Harrogate, Yorkshire, from 1824 until the estate was sold in 1972.

He died in November 1969 at St Trinian's Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, aged 85.

References
  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 23. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  3. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 23,50.


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