Hugh Marsden Claughton (24 December 1891 – 17 October 1980)
was a first-class cricketer who played one match for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a professional Cricket club based in Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the County Championship, the top tier of English First-class cricket. Nicknamed "Vikings". Yorkshire also competes in T20 Blast, O ...
in 1914 and three more, including the
Roses match, in 1919. He was an all rounder who scored 39 runs at an average of 6.50, and took three wickets with his right arm medium pace.
He was the professional at Baildon Green C.C. for some years.
Claughton was born in
Guiseley
Guiseley ( ) is an area in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-west ...
,
Leeds
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, and died at the age of 88, in October 1980 in
Middleton, Harrogate,
Yorkshire
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. His great nephew,
John Claughton, played first-class cricket for
Warwickshire
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from 1978 to 1980.
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
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Yorkshire cricketers
People from Guiseley
Sportspeople from the City of Leeds
Cricketers from West Yorkshire
1891 births
1980 deaths
English cricketers
20th-century English sportsmen