John Pulteney Fellows (28 March 1881 – 3 February 1942) was an English

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er. Fellows'

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and

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styles are unknown. He was born at Beeston Fields,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. Fellows made two first-class appearances for

, against the touring

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at Trent Bridge in 1904, and

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

at the

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, in the

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. Against the South Africans, Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat, making 320 all out in their first-innings, with Fellows scoring 4 runs before he was dismissed by

Louis Tancred Louis Joseph Tancred (7 October 1876 – 28 July 1934) was a South African cricketer who played in 14 Test matches from 1902 to 1913, including three as captain. Born into a cricketing family in Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, Tancred attended St ...

. The South Africans responded in their first-innings by making a massive 611 all out, during which Fellows bowled 5 wicketless overs, conceding 33 runs. Nottinghamshire replied to that total in their second-innings by making 242 all out, which saw Fellows dismissed for a single run by

Bonnor Middleton James "Bonnor" Middleton (30 September 1865 – 23 December 1913) was a South African cricketer who played in six Test cricket, Tests from 1896 to 1902. On his debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against England in Port Elizabeth in ...

. The South Africans won by an innings and 49 runs. In his second match, Essex won the toss and elected to bat first, making 317 all out. Nottinghamshire responded in their first-innings by making 552/9

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, with Fellows ending the innings

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on 18. Essex reached 102/3 in their second-innings, with Fellows taking the wicket of

Frederick Fane Frederick Luther Fane, (27 April 1875 – 27 November 1960) played cricket for the England cricket team in 14 Test matches. He also played for Essex, Oxford University and London County. Fane was born at Curragh Camp in County Kildare, Irela ...

, finishing with figures of 1/3/ from a single over. The match ended in a draw. He died at

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, on 3 February 1942.

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