Alfred John Day Diver (6 July 1823 – 25 March 1876) was an English
first-class cricket
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er whose career spanned the
1843 season to the
1866 season. Diver played mainly for
Cambridge Town Club
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(''aka'' Cambridgeshire) and also played for
Middlesex
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and
Nottinghamshire
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.
Popularly known as "Ducky", Diver is best known as a reliable batsman for various
All-England Eleven
In English cricket since the first half of the 18th century, various ''ad hoc'' teams have been formed for short-term purposes which have been called England (or sometimes "All-England"; i.e., in the sense of "the rest of England") to play against, ...
teams. Following the
1859 English cricket season, he was one of the 12-strong party of English players who toured North America. Led by
George Parr, this was the first ever overseas cricket tour.
His nephew,
Edwin Diver, played over 200 first-class games, mostly for
Surrey
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and
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
.
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1823 births
1876 deaths
English cricketers
All-England Eleven cricketers
Cambridge Town Club cricketers
English cricketers of 1826 to 1863
Manchester Cricket Club cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
North v South cricketers
Nottinghamshire cricketers
Players cricketers
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