Jeremy Ellis (15 February 1866 – 14 August 1943) was an English
cricket
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er active from 1892 to 1898 who played for
Lancashire
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. He was born in
Bury and died in
Billington. He appeared in six
first-class matches as a lefthanded
batsman
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who
bowled
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Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (T ...
left arm
medium pace
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. He scored 56
runs with a highest score of 26
* and held five catches. He took 21
wicket
In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings:
* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
s with a best analysis of eight for 21.
Jeremy Ellis at CricketArchive
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Notes
1866 births
1943 deaths
Cricketers from Bury, Greater Manchester
English cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
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