Young (MCC cricketer)
Young (first name and details of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active in 1831 and was a member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1][2] He played his only first-class match in 1831, playing in an 'A to K' versus 'L to Z' match organised by MCC and involving several top-class players including Jem Broadbridge, William Lillywhite and William Ward. Young's team, L to Z, won the match by 12 runs.[1] A batsman of unknown handedness whose bowling style is not recorded, he scored five runs and a duck and took no wickets.[3]
References
- Notes
- 1 2 Haygarth, p. 152.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Young". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ "A to K v L to Z - First-class no. 436 - 1831 season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- Sources
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.
- Player profile: Young from CricketArchive
- Player profile: Young from ESPNcricinfo
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