Ernest Arthur Greswell, born at Cuddalore

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, Madras, India

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 on 8 June 1885 and died at Minehead

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, Somerset

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, England

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 on 15 January 1962, played first-class

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 cricket

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 for Somerset

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 in 12 matches between 1903 and 1910.

A right-handed opening or middle order batsman and a right-arm slow bowler, Ernest Greswell was educated at Repton School

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 and made his debut for Somerset in a single match in 1903, aged 18, when he opened the innings with Lionel Palairet

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.

In 1908, his younger brother Bill Greswell

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 started playing for Somerset, becoming a regular member of the side in 1909, and in that season Ernest reappeared in six matches, with a further five in 1910. His highest score was only 44, made in the 1909 match against Middlesex

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in which brother Bill scored his only first-class century. While Bill went on to a successful, if intermittent, cricket career, Ernest did not play first-class cricket after 1910.