Luke Greenwood (13 July 1834 – 1 November 1909) was an English

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er, who played 48 matches for

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and

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from 1861 to 1874. Born in Cowmes,

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, Greenwood was a useful player verging on

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, who also played for Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861), the North of England (1863-1864), the United England Eleven (1865), the Players (1865-1866), England (1867), North of the Thames (1868) and the

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(1870-1875), appearing in sixty nine matches all together. A right-handed lower order batsman, he scored 1,244 runs at 11.96, with a best of 83 against

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. A right arm fast round arm bowler, he took 113 wickets at 18.28, with a best of 8 for 35 against

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. He also took 6 for 43 against Surrey in the

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. Greenwood turned to umpiring even before his playing career was finished. He umpired forty six first-class matches between

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and

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. With Bob Thoms, he officiated in one Test match, at

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between

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and

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in August 1882. It was after Australia won this match by seven runs that ''

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'' wrote an obituary for English cricket, and bails were burned and put in an urn to create '

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'. He was no stranger to the Australian side, umpiring thirty two first-class matches involving Australian teams on their tours of 1880, 1882, 1884 and 1886. His nephew,

Andrew Greenwood Andrew Greenwood (20 August 1847 – 12 February 1889) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1869 to 1880. He was born and died in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was a member of the E ...

, played for Yorkshire and appeared in two Test Matches in 1876/77. His

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, William Shotton, appeared in two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Greenwood died in November 1909, in Morley,

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, Yorkshire.

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