Joseph Toon (5 June 1879 – 7 March 1950) was an English

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er. Toon was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Toon made his first-class debut for

against

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in the 1902 County Championship. He made nine further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire at Aylestone Road, Leicester in the

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. In his ten matches, he scored a total of 159 runs at an

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of 10.60, with a high score of 39. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a

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of 47.70, with best figures of 4/114. He died at Braunstone, Leicestershire on 7 March 1950.

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