George Holmes Marples (30 May 1883 – 30 December 1947) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1905. Marples was born in Attercliffe,

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. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket. In his second match, a week later against

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, MCC won by an innings and 252 runs. Marples was a left-arm medium-fast bowler who took one wicket in his career at an average of 116.00 and a tailend batsman who scored 11 runs in 4 innings in 2 first-class matches. Marples died in

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at the age of 64.George Marples
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marples, George 1883 births 1947 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Cricketers from Sheffield English cricketers of 1890 to 1918 People from Darnall