John Sharratt (29 October 1850 – 1892) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played first-class cricket for North of England in 1880. Sharratt was born at

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

and was a railway worker. In 1879 he played two matches for Derbyshire which were not first-class status, In 1880 he played one first-class match as wicket-keeper for the

North of England Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...

. Sharratt played 2 innings in one first-class match with an average of 3.00 and a top score of five. As wicket-keeper he took two first-class wickets by stumping. Sharratt died in the Shardlow district at the age of 41.Office for National Statistics - BMD Indices

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharratt, John 1850 births 1892 deaths Cricketers from Derby English cricketers North v South cricketers