John Musgrave (cricketer)
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John Musgrave Tattersall-Musgrave (?13 February 1845 – 12 March 1885) played first-class
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in a single match for
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while a student at
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in 1868. He was born at
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and died at
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. Musgrave's name developed over the course of his life: according to Cricketarchive, he was born as "John Musgrave Tattersall"; at Cambridge, he was "John Musgrave"; by the time he received his
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in 1872, he was "J. Musgrave Tattersall-Musgrave". There is also doubt over his birth: Cricketarchive states that he was born on 13 February 1845, while the
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publication indicates that was the date of his baptism. Musgrave was educated at
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and at
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. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, bowling in the round-arm style. In his single first-class match in 1868 he failed to score in his only innings, and took one wicket for 19 runs with his bowling. He played minor cricket for
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teams in Yorkshire between 1866 and 1873. At his death in 1885, he left personal estate valued at £46,000 and land holdings in West Yorkshire and the East Riding.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musgrave, John 1845 births 1885 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers People educated at Pocklington School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge