David Pollard (7 August 1835 – 26 March 1909) was an English

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er, who played one match for

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Yorkshire. Yorkshire are the most successful team in English cricketing hi ...

against

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

against

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in 1865, and one game for an England XI against

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in 1872. Born in Cowmes,

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

, Pollard scored a

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and three, and took 0 for 19 with his right arm medium pace in his game for Yorkshire, which Surrey won by 10 wickets. He took 2 for 75, in a marathon 51 overs, and 0 for 30 in 21 more in the second innings for the England XI, and scored three runs in his only knock. Pollard died on 26 March 1909, in

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, Huddersfield.

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