Nigel Samuel Mitford Atkinson (26 July 1899 – 24 October 1966) was an English

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er who played for

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in two matches in the 1923 season.Nigel Atkinson at CricketArchive
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cricketer from the

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, Atkinson played two consecutive matches for Middlesex in a week in May 1923. In the first match, he took five

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wickets for just 16 runs with his left-arm spin bowling in the first innings; in the second game, he took seven wickets across two

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innings, and made a score of 39 with the bat. Atkinson's younger brother

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also played for Middlesex.

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