John Candler (7 October 1873 – 4 December 1942) was an English
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played seven
first-class matches for
Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1894 and 1895.
Candler set an unwanted record by failing to score in his first nine first-class innings over six matches
in 1894 and 1895. He finally scored in his seventh and final first-class match, making 8
not out.
['' Wisden'' 2010, p. 1657.]
See also
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List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players
Notes
References
External links
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1873 births
1942 deaths
English cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
People from Tendring (district)
Cricketers from Essex
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