Joseph Rudd

Joseph ("Joe") Rudd (dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex during the 1740s. He was called "Joe Budd" in one 1748 match report, but "Budd" is an error and in all other known mentions he is called "Joseph".

Rudd is mentioned in reports from 1747 to 1749. In the 1747 and 1748 seasons, he was reported to have played in a total of four single wicket matches, all at the Artillery Ground. Two of these were "threes" matches in which he teamed up with Stephen Dingate and Pye, all of them being described as employees of the Duke of Richmond who patronised many of these contests.

The final mention of him is in June 1749, when he played for All-England v Surrey at Dartford Brent, Surrey winning by 2 wickets.

As Rudd had established his reputation by 1747, he must have been active for some years previously. His career probably spanned the 1740s and 1750s, when very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.

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