William Edgar Newman Holdsworth (17 September 1928 – 31 July 2016) was an English

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er, who played twenty seven matches for

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in 1952 and 1953. He also appeared for the Yorkshire Second XI. Born in

Armley Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the Industrial Revolution and had several mills, one of which now houses the Leeds Industrial ...

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, Yorkshire, England, he was a right arm fast medium bowler, he took 53 wickets at 30.15, with a best of 6 for 58 against

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. He also took 5 for 21 against

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. A right-handed tail end batsman, he scored 111 runs at 7.92, with a highest score of 22* against

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. He also took 7 catches. He died on 31 July 2016 at the age of 87.

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