Trevor Coleridge Spring was an Indian born English cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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 and the Army between 1909 and 1919. He also played minor counties cricket

Minor counties of English cricket

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 for Devon

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.

Career

Spring made his first-class debut for Somerset in a County Championship

County Championship

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 match against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in 1909

1909 English cricket season

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. He played four more County Championship matches that year, and played three more the following year. In 1912

1912 English cricket season

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, he played his first first-class match for the Army, scoring 117 in the second innings against the Royal Navy

Royal Navy Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

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. He played in the fixture again the following year.

He played his final first-class game in 1919

1919 English cricket season

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, for the Army against Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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. He later played twice for the Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements cricket team

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 against the Federated Malay States

Federated Malay States cricket team

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in the 1920s.