Archdale Palmer Wickham (9 November 1855 – 13 October 1935) was a first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er who played 82 matches for Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club

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 between 1891 and 1907. He also played for a number of representative teams and for Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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, and played second-class cricket for Norfolk County Cricket Club

Norfolk County Cricket Club

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 from 1881 to 1890. A wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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 and right-handed batsman, he scored 760 career first-class runs, and claimed 90 catches and 60 stumpings.

Personal life

An Anglican minister

Anglican ministry

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, Wickham was prebendary

Prebendary

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 of Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

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, and vicar of St Marys East Brent from 1911 until his death in 1935. Wickham had at least two sons.

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