Joe Ainley (28 October 1878 – 18 November 1907) was an English
first-class cricketer: a
wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman.
Born in
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, Ainley played 19 games for
Worcestershire County Cricket Club in
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
and
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
, and in all claimed 26 catches and four
stumpings
Stumped is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket, which involves the wicket-keeper putting down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground. (The batsman leaves his ground when he has moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease, ...
; his highest first-class score was 13.
Ainley died at the age of barely 29 in
Sparkbrook,
Birmingham.
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1878 births
1907 deaths
Cricketers from Huddersfield
English cricketers
Worcestershire cricketers
English cricketers of 1890 to 1918
Wicket-keepers
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