Andrew Cecil Wolfson (1 May 1890 – 26 July 1978) was an English first-class

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er. Wolfson was the son of the Russian-born Henry Wolfson, who emigrated to England before making a fortune cultivating potatoes and tomatoes in the

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. He was educated in England at

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. He later made two appearances in first-class cricket for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI in 1920, against Cambridge University and Oxford University at Eastbourne. He scored 14 runs in his two matches, as well as taking 2 wickets with his right-arm medium pace. Wolfson died in July 1978 at Forest Row, Sussex.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfson, Andrew 1890 births 1978 deaths English people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de Tenerife People educated at Marlborough College English cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers People from Forest Row Cricketers from East Sussex