deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 103 7 september 1871 1 1/1 1869 & ndash ; 1870 2009 6 march 1850 & ndash ; england havant , hampshire , england hampshire & ndash ; right-handed okeover longcroft okeover butler longcroft havant , hampshire , england fc wicketkeeper http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16341.html cricinfo 1850 3 6 yes 28 8 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 2 okeover longcroft

okeover longcroft

okeover butler longcroft -lrb- 6 march 1850 -- 7 september 1871 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
longcroft was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicketkeeper .
longcroft made his first-class debut for hampshire against the marylebone cricket club in 1869 .
in this match longcroft , despite being a wicketkeeper did not keep wicket .
longcroft bowled in both the marylebone cricket club 's innings , taking three wickets in the match .
longcroft made his second and final first-class appearance for hampshire in 1870 against lancashire .
longcroft kept wicket for hampshire in this match , but despite that he bowled in both of lancashire 's innings , taking five wickets in the match .
his final career bowling average was 9.37 .
longcroft died at his family home - hall place in havant , hampshire - on 7 september 1871 .
longcroft was just 21 , and unmarried , when he died and the cause of his death was registered by the family doctor as typhoid fever .
his life is recorded in the book which documents the entire history of his family , `` the longcrofts : 500 years of a british family '' by james phillips-evans , published by amazon -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .
