Alfred Edward Clarke (6 April 1868 – 16 September 1940) was an Australian cricketer. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales in Australia from the 1889–90 season until 1891–92 and for Otago and Wellington in New Zealand from 1893–94 to 1901–02.[1]
 Alfred Clarke (left) and Frederick Midlane, 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alfred Edward Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1868 Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 September 1940 (aged 72) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1889/90–1891/92 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1893/94–1898/99 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900/01–1901/02 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clarke was born at Surry Hills in Australia in 1868.[2] After moving to New Zealand in the early 1890s he played for the national team in the years before it was granted Test status. He also umpired a first-class match in New Zealand. He died at Wellington in 1940.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Alfred Clarke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Alfred Clarke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ 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
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