Joseph Fry Whitwell (22 February 1869 – 6 November 1932) was an English

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er, who played one match for

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a professional Cricket club based in Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the County Championship, the top tier of English First-class cricket. Nicknamed "Vikings". Yorkshire also competes in T20 Blast, O ...

, against

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, at

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in 1890. Born in

Saltburn-by-the-Sea Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in the civil parish of Saltburn, Marske and New Marske, in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority, in North Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Hartlepool and so ...

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, England, Whitwell was a right-handed batsman, who scored four runs in both innings, and took one wicket for eleven runs. His only first-class victim, with his right arm medium pace, was

William Scotton William Henry Scotton (15 January 1856 – 9 July 1893) was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Scotton played his first match at Lord's for Sixteen Colts of England against the Marylebone Cricket Club on ...

bowled for 20. Whitwell also played for Durham from 1895 to 1902, and was their

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from 1899 to 1902. An

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by trade, Whitwell also played for Norton C.C. and Saltburn C.C., plus he led Durham to the

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title in 1901. Whitwell died in November 1932, in Langbaurgh Hall,

Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. According to the 2021 Census, the parish has a popu ...

, Yorkshire having committed suicide by shooting himself. His brother, William Whitwell, played ten matches for Yorkshire.

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1869 births 1932 suicides 1932 deaths Yorkshire cricketers People from Saltburn-by-the-Sea English cricketers Durham cricketers Cricketers from Yorkshire Suicides by firearm in England People educated at Uppingham School {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub