John Hyde (11 September 1827 – 7 October 1893) was an English

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er. Hyde's

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and

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styles are unknown. He was born at

Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north–south ...

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. Hyde made his first-class debut for

against an All England Eleven at

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in 1852. He made five further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, the last of which came against

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. In his six first-class matches for Sussex, he took 4 wickets at an approximate

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of 32.50, while the most wickets he took in a single innings is two, his best figures for Sussex were not recorded. With the bat, he scored a total of 20 runs at a batting average of 2.85, with a high score of 7

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. Hyde also made a single first-class appearance for a combined

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and Sussex team against an All England Eleven in 1853, taking a single wicket in the match. His final first-class appearance also came in that year, for a United England Eleven against the Gentlemen of England, in which he took 5 wickets and his career best bowling figures of 4/8. He died in

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on 7 October 1893 aged 66.

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