Alfred Brackpool

Alfred Brackpool (11 October 1857 – 24 October 1927) was an English cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Sussex. Brackpool was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-pace. He was born at Crawley Down, Sussex.

Alfred Brackpool
Personal information
Full nameAlfred Brackpool
Born(1857-10-11)11 October 1857
Crawley Down, Sussex, England
Died24 October 1927(1927-10-24) (aged 70)
Worth, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1880Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 2
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2
Balls bowled 136
Wickets 1
Bowling average 62.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/62
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 December 2011

Brackpool made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1880.[1] In Sussex's first innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by George Hearne. He took the wicket of Thomas Pearson in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings, finishing with figures of 1/62 from 34 overs. Sussex followed-on in their second-innings, during which he was dismissed for a duck by James Robertson, with the Marylebone Cricket Club winning by an innings and 178 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.

He died at Worth, Sussex on 24 October 1927.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Alfred Brackpool". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
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