John Cartledge (16 May 1855 – 8 July 1907), born John Cartledge Foster, was an English

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er who played for

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in 1878. Cartledge was born in

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. He took part in a Derbyshire vs. All England Eleven fixture in the 1878 season Nine of the players in the All England Eleven were past, present, or future Test cricketers, and Derbyshire lost by seven wickets. Cartledge played as a lower-middle order batsman and was dismissed by

Alfred Shaw Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907) was a Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35). He made two trips to North America and fo ...

for 1 and

Dick Barlow Richard Gorton Barlow (28 May 1851 – 31 July 1919) was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. Barlow is best remembered for his batting partnership with A N Hornby, which was immortalised in nostalgic poetry by Francis Thompson. H ...

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, Nottinghamshire at the age of 52.

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