Basil Church (October 1849 – 31 January 1881) was an English-born

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er. He played one first-class match for

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in the 1871–72 New Zealand season. Church was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire in England in 1849, the only son of a Church of England clergyman. He worked as a schoolteacher.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 33. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. His only first-class match was a December 1871 fixture against Canterbury which Otago lost heavily. He scored three runs, 1 in his first innings and 2 not out in the second. This was the only match played in New Zealand during the season which has been given retrospective first-class status.Basil Church
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* 1849 births 1881 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Sportspeople from Kettering Cricketers from Northamptonshire {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1840s-stub