John Bernard Elleray (born 13 May 1946) is a former English

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er. Lupton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Windermere,

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

. Elleray made his debut for

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

in the 1979

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against Durham. Elleray played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1979 to 1986, including eleven Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1985, he made his

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debut against Derbyshire in the NatWest Trophy. The following season he played his second and final List A match for Cumberland against Lancashire in the

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. In his two matches he scored 8 runs and bowled 17 wicket-less

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which cost 63 runs.

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