John Wesley Parton (31 January 1863 – 30 January 1906) was an English

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er, who played one match for

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in 1889, against

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, Sheffield. He had the economical bowling figures of 10 overs, 7 maidens, 1 wicket for 4 runs in Nottinghamshire's first innings of 225, and was caught Barnes bowled Attewell for 2 in Yorkshire's first innings of 201. He did not bowl in Notts second innings of 134, and scored 14 before he was stumped by Sherwin from the bowling of Flowers. Yorkshire were bowled out for 122 in 90 overs, despite

Ted Wainwright Ted Wainwright (8 April 1865 – 28 October 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 352 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1888 and 1902. An all-rounder, Wainwright helped to establish the county at ...

's 60, and Nottinghamshire won by 36 runs. In 1889, he was engaged by Worksop C.C. and after playing for Yorkshire, he was professional for Werneth C.C. in Lancashire for many years. He also played, while County Club professional and player instructor at Wellington Old Hall School, for

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in 1892 and 1893, playing in 15 matches, making a total 679 runs, achieving two

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and taking 27 wickets.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Born in

Wellington, Shropshire Wellington is a market town and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It is situated northwest of Telford and east of Shrewsbury, near the western terminus of the M54 motorway. The summit of The Wrekin lie ...

, England, Parton died on the day before his 43rd birthday in January 1906 in

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