John Selby (' Burrows; 1 July 1849 – 11 March 1894) played

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professionally for

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between 1870 and 1887, and played six Test matches for England between 1877 and 1882.

Life and career

Selby toured Australia in 1876–77 and 1881–82, playing a total of six

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es on those tours, and he toured North America in 1879. Selby played in the first Test Match in Melbourne in March 1877, opening the batting and keeping wicket. He was the first England batsman to be dismissed in Test cricket. Batting at number three, he scored 55 and 70 in the First Test of the 1881-82 series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 1878, he headed the English cricket averages with 938 runs at a

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of 31.82 runs per innings. His highest first-class score was 128

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for Nottinghamshire against

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in 1872. Selby was a noted sprinter in his younger days, and won several major handicap races. At cricket, when he was not keeping wicket his speed in the outfield made him an excellent fieldsman."Pavilion Gossip"
''Cricket'', 22 March 1894, pp. 41–42. Selby went on to become a pub landlord, but his financial dealings were unsuccessful and led to a run-in with the law. He died after suffering a

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in 1894. He had a wife, Annie.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Selby, John 1849 births 1894 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers All-England Eleven cricketers North v South cricketers Players cricketers United North of England Eleven cricketers Cricketers from Nottingham Players of the North cricketers R. Daft's XI cricketers