Hugh Marsden Claughton (24 December 1891 – 17 October 1980)
was a first-class cricketer 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 ...
in 1914 and three more, including the
Roses match, in 1919. He was an all rounder who scored 39 runs at an average of 6.50, and took three wickets with his right arm medium pace.
He was the professional at Baildon Green C.C. for some years.
Claughton was born in
Guiseley,
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, and died at the age of 88, in October 1980 in
Middleton, Harrogate
Middleton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border with West Yorkshire and 1 mile north of the town centre of Ilkley, West Yorkshire and is continuous with the Middleton suburb of ...
,
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 ...
. His great nephew,
John Claughton, played first-class cricket for
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
from 1978 to 1980.
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
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Yorkshire cricketers
People from Guiseley
1891 births
1980 deaths
English cricketers
Sportspeople from Yorkshire