Maurice Snape
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Maurice Desmond Snape usually known as Desmond Snape, was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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 during the 1949 season.

Snape was born in Creswell, Derbyshire
Creswell, Derbyshire
Creswell is a village located in Bolsover, near Worksop, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. It is best known for Creswell Crags and Creswell Model Village....

. He joined Derbyshire in 1948 and apart from two first-class matches, played mainly in the 2nd XI for the Minor Counties. He made his first class debut against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

 in June 1949, but the game was abandoned while he was not out in the first innings. His next and last game was against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

 when he was out lbw for a duck in both innings. Snape was a right-handed batsman and played in two first class matches, but never scored a run nor took a catch in the first class game. Snape continued to play in the Derbyshire second XI and for the Club and Ground until 1951.

Snape died at the age of 68 in Worksop
Worksop
Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. It is about east-south-east of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated to be 39,800...

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