Archibald Ackroyd (18 May 1897 – 25 June 1968) was an English
cricket
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er who played for
Derbyshire
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in 1924 and 1925 and for
Scotland
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in 1937.
Ackroyd was born in
Heanor
Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heano ...
, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the
1924 season. In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13 in his second innings. He played three more matches for the county that season and seven games in the
1925 season.
Ackroyd subsequently moved to Scotland where he played for West of Scotland against the Australians in 1926 and for another Scotland team against the Australians in 1930. He represented Scotland in one first-class match against Yorkshire in 1937.
Ackroyd was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 20 first-class wickets with an average of 35.35 and a best performance of 4 for 63. He was a right-handed batsman and played 20 innings in twelve first-class matches with an average of 4.15 and a top score of 15.
Archibald Ackroyd at Cricket Archive
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Ackroyd died in Dixon's Green, Dudley
Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...
at the age of 71.
References
1897 births
1968 deaths
English cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers
People from Heanor
Cricketers from Derbyshire
Scotland cricketers
English cricketers of 1919 to 1945
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