John Bucknell, known as Jack Bucknell, (7 June 1872 – 5 March 1925) was an English cricket player who played first-class

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for

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between 1895 and 1905. He was born at Bedminster,

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and died at

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, Co Durham. Bucknell was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace or leg-break bowler. His first-class cricket career was spasmodic, with three matches in each of the 1895, 1899 and 1905 seasons and a single game in 1904. His best bowling and batting performances were both achieved in his first season, 1895. In his first game, against

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, he took three Cambridge wickets for 93 runs. Then a week later, in the match against

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he made 33, batting at No 10. His brother Arthur played

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cricket for Durham.

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