Robert Else
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| Full name | Robert Else | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 November 1876 Holloway, Derbyshire, England |
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| Died | 16 September 1955 (aged 78) Sheffield, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901–1903 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 30 May 1901 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 17 August 1903 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Else (17 November 1876 – 16 September 1955) was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901 and 1903.
Else was born at Lea, Holloway, Derbyshire, the son of John Else and his wife Henrietta Lowe. His father was a bobbin maker and in 1881 they were all living with his grandparents at the Old Hat Factory in Wirksworth. Else made his debut for Derbyshire in May 1901 against Surrey, when his scores were 1 and 2. He played again that season against the South Africans when he opened the batting scoring a duck in the first innings and surviving the whole of the second innings for 6 not out. He did not play again until July 1903 when against London County he took a wicket and made his top score of 28. He played his last two matches in 1903 and made little impression in them.
Else was a left-hand batsman and played ten innings in five first class matches with an average of 7.3 and a top score of 28. He bowled fifteen overs and took 1 first class wicket for 61 runs in total.
Else died at Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire at the age of 78.
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