Sir Everard Joseph Reginald Henry Radcliffe, 5th Baronet (27 January 1884 – 23 November 1969), the 5th of the

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, was an English

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er. He was born at Hensleigh House, Tiverton,

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, England, and was educated at

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and

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.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He played in 64 first-class matches for

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between 1909 and 1911. He succeeded

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for one season in 1910. In first-class cricket Radcliffe scored 826 runs at 10.86, and took two wickets at an average of 67.00 and 21 catches. He also played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen, Oxford University Authentics, and appeared in a single match in 1903 for

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.''Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998'', pages 23,50. He worked was a

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. The Radcliffe family lived at

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, from 1824 until the estate was sold in 1972. He was a Knight of Grace and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He died in November 1969 at St Trinian's Hall,

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, Yorkshire, aged 85.

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