Maurice Desmond Snape (7 July 1923 – 17 April 1992), usually known as Desmond Snape, was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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during the 1949 season. Snape was born in

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. He joined Derbyshire in 1948 and played mainly in the 2nd XI for the Minor Counties. In the 1949 season he played two first-class matches in June. His first-class debut was against

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in June 1949, but the game was abandoned while he was not out in the first innings. His next and last game was against

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when he was out lbw for a duck in both innings. Snape was a right-handed batsman and played in two first-class matches, but never scored a run nor took a catch in the first-class game.Desmond Snape at Cricket Archive
/ref> Snape continued to play in the Derbyshire second XI and for the Club and Ground until 1951. Snape died at the age of 68 in

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