John Pratt (4 February 1834 — 6 June 1886) was an English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm roundarm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Stratford,

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, and died in Phipps Bridge,

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, aged 52. Pratt made a single first-class appearance, during the 1868 season, against

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. He scored 9 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second. Pratt bowled three overs during the match, with limited success. Pratt played cricket at county level for

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, and in 1866 in a single match for

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while playing as club professional for

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.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Pratt's brother-in-law,

James Southerton James Southerton (16 November 1827 – 16 June 1880) was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1854 and 1879. After a slow start, he became, along with Alfred Shaw, the greatest slow bowler of the 1870s. He played in th ...

, made two Test appearances, the first in the inaugural Test during the 1876-77 season.

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