Richard Sale was an English cricket

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er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 and Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 between 1908 and 1912.

Sale was born at Broughty Ferry

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, Angus, Scotland. He was educated at Repton School

Repton School

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 and Oxford University. He made his debut for Derbyshire in August 1908 and scored 31 in his second innings in a victory against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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. He played six more matches in the 1908 season. In 1909 he joined the Oxford University team and spent the three years to 1911 closing the season for Derbyshire after playing his matches for Oxford University. Sale was a left-hand batsman and played 70 innings in 39 first class matches, with a top score of 69 and an average of 14.13. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 10 first class wickets in all at an average of 47.10 and a best performance of 2 for 25.

Sale became a schoolmaster at Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School

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 and ran the junior OTC during World War I

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.

He died at East Hanney

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, Berkshire

Berkshire

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, at the age of 81.

Sale married Rachel Cattley on 1 January 1919. Their son Dick Sale

Dick Sale

Richard Sale was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Warwickshire between 1939 and 1947 and for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1954....

also played for Derbyshire.