Bayly Nash Akroyd (27 April 1850 – 24 November 1926) was an English

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er and

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player.

Cricket career

Akroyd was born at

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in April 1850 and was educated at

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. He made his debut in

for

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in 1872 against

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, with him making a further appearance in that season against

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at the same venue. The following season he made a single first-class appearance for the Surrey Club against the

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, before also making four first-class appearances in that season for Surrey. He later made a final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent in 1879 at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells. Akroyd made a total of eight appearances in first-class cricket, scoring a total of 129 at an

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of 8.60, with a high score of 30. For Surrey he scored 108 runs at an average of 9.00.

Tennis career

In addition to playing first-class cricket, Akroyd also played

and competed in the inaugural Wimbledon Championship in 1877, where he defeated George Nicole in the first round, before losing in straight sets to William Marshall in the second round. Akroyd died at

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on 24 November 1926. His brother, Swainson, also played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akroyd, Bayly 1850 births 1926 deaths 19th-century male tennis players 19th-century English sportsmen People from Streatham Cricketers from the London Borough of Lambeth Cricketers from the London Borough of Merton People educated at Radley College English cricketers Surrey cricketers Surrey Club cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers English male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis players from Surrey