John Carlin (1861-1944) was an English
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Born in
Nottinghamshire
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in 1861, he played 76 first-class matches for Nottinghamshire as a wicket keeper and left-handed batsman between 1887 and 1901. He took 101 catches, completed 39 stumpings and scored 1577 runs with a best of 85. He also took 5 wickets. He umpired 4 test matches between 1905 and 1909 in England, standing in three Ashes tests and one featuring South Africa. He died in
Mansfield
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in 1944.
1861 births
1944 deaths
English cricketers
Nottinghamshire cricketers
English Test cricket umpires
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
North v South cricketers
C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers
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