John Richardson (17 March 1856 – 19 February 1940) was an English

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er who played for

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between 1878 and 1883. Richardson was born in

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and became a bricklayer. His first-class career for Derbyshire began in the 1878 season in a game against the

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, a match in which he took two wickets for the team, although his batting contribution, being caught for a

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in the first innings and finishing not-out for 0 in the second, was minimal. He played minor games for Derbyshire in 1878 and 1879. In the 1882 season Richardson played his first County match, against

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. He took at least a wicket in every match he played in the 1882 season. Derbyshire dispensed with the idea of using just two bowlers, most frequently

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and John Platts at that time, and in his final game of the 1882 season against

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Richardson achieved his best bowling performance of 7-76. He also made his top score of 18. In the 1883 season Richardson took at least one wicket in every innings except one, although with frequent follow-ons there was often only one chance to bowl. His batting contribution remained low. Richardson was a right-arm fast bowler and took 32 first-class wickets at an average of 16.15 and a best performance of 7-76. He was a right-handed batsman who played 21 innings in 11 first-class matches with a top score of 18 and an average of 6.88.John Richardson at Cricket Archive
/ref> Richardson died in

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aged 83.

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