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Dick Horsfall
Richard Horsfall (26 June 1920 – 25 August 1981) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Essex County Cricket Club, Essex between 1947 and 1955, and then played for a single season for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan in 1956. He was a right-handed middle-order batsman. Horsfall was born at Todmorden, Yorkshire. Having played Lancashire League (cricket), Lancashire League cricket for Todmorden Cricket Club, Todmorden since 1936, Horsfall was recruited by Essex for the 1947 season and played in around half the team's first-class matches in his first season. In the game against Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire at Bournemouth, he scored 170, putting on 225 for the third wicket with Frank Vigar, who made 125. The following season, though he did not improve on his highest score, he played in every Essex County Championship match and made 1407 runs at an batting average (cricket), average of 31.97. He was awarded his county cap, and was also picke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todmorden
Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax. In 2011 it had a population of 15,481. Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennines, Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of Aeolian processes, sandblasted gritstone. The Historic counties of England, historic boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire is the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and its tributary, Walsden Water, which run through the town. The administrative border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888 placing the whole of the town within the West Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding. The town is served by and railway stations. History Toponymy The name Todmorden first appears in 1641. The town had earlier been called Tottemerden, Totmardene, Totmereden or Totmerd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
