Lionel Hugh Major (21 April 1883 – 25 June 1965) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset.[1][2] He was born in Wembdon, Somerset and died in Exmouth, Devon.
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| Full name | Lionel Hugh Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1883 Wembdon, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 1965 (aged 82) Exmouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1903 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Major made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1903 season, against Sussex.[3] From the tailend, he scored 6 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 11 runs in the second, and he took a single wicket in the Sussex second innings. Press reports for this match describe him as "an amateur from Bridgewater [sic]"; the Somerset side was missing several regular players.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Hugh Major". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Lionel Major". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset". cricketarchive.com. 4 June 1903. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Sussex v Somerset". Sheffield Daily Telegraph/British Newspaper Archive. Sheffield. 5 June 1903. p. 9.