Samuel Coe (3 June 1873 – 4 November 1955) was an English

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er. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for

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. Born in

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, Coe made a total of 448 appearances for his home county over a 27-year period. He also twice played for London County, once for the Players against Gentlemen in 1908 and once for an England XI against the touring Australians of 1909. Coe scored 17,438 first-class runs at an average of 24.69 and passed 1,000 for a season seven times. His best seasonal total was 1,258 in 1914 which included his best innings of 252

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in four hours. This score was Coe's only double century and remained the county's highest score until beaten by

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in 1994. Coe's bowling returned 335 wickets at 32.20, with a best of 6/38 against London County in 1903. He passed 50 wickets in a season once, when in 1905 he claimed 52 at 22.38. In July 1900, Coe became the first county victim of Bernard Bosanquet's innovation, the

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. The ball reportedly bounced four times before Coe was out stumped for 98.The history of mystery

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