Joseph Preston
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Joseph Merritt Preston was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1885 and 1889, in a promising career cut short by his premature demise.
Born in Yeadon
, Yorkshire
, England
, Preston played in ninety five first-class games, taking 211 wickets with his off spin at 17.83, with his best figures 9 for 28 against the MCC
. He scored 2,131 runs, with a top score of 93 against Derbyshire
, at an average of 14.90.
In August 1883, he hit the 29 year old batsman, Albert Luty, on the head with a quick delivery in a club match in Yeadon. Luty, who had been married for only nine days at the time, succumbed to the blow and was buried in Yeadon churchyard.
Coincidentally, Preston died after catching a chill at the age of 26 in Windhill
, Yorkshire, and was also buried in Yeadon churchyard.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
between 1885 and 1889, in a promising career cut short by his premature demise.
Born in Yeadon
Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Yeadon is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport.-History:...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
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, Preston played in ninety five first-class games, taking 211 wickets with his off spin at 17.83, with his best figures 9 for 28 against the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. He scored 2,131 runs, with a top score of 93 against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, at an average of 14.90.
In August 1883, he hit the 29 year old batsman, Albert Luty, on the head with a quick delivery in a club match in Yeadon. Luty, who had been married for only nine days at the time, succumbed to the blow and was buried in Yeadon churchyard.
Coincidentally, Preston died after catching a chill at the age of 26 in Windhill
Windhill
Windhill is a hamlet in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland council area of Scotland, about halfway between the villages of Beauly and Muir of Ord, beside the A862...
, Yorkshire, and was also buried in Yeadon churchyard.