Joseph Berry (29 November 1829 – 20 April 1894) was an English

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er, active 1861–74, who played for

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and

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. He made five appearances as a right-handed batsman, scoring 82 runs at 10.25 with a highest score of 30. He held two

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but his right-arm

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was not called upon. Berry was born in

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, and made his debut in 1861, playing twice against

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. He appeared against

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in 1864, and

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in 1865, his final first-class appearance coming nine years later for Yorkshire against an England XI at Fartown in July 1874. It was in this final match that he made his highest score of 30, batting at number 9, as Yorkshire ran out winners by an innings and 11 runs. Berry umpired at least four matches in first-class cricket, including both of the Roses Matches in 1877, and two games Yorkshire played against the touring

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in 1878 and 1880. He died, aged 64, at

Fartown, Huddersfield Fartown is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that starts north of the town centre. Fartown runs for approximately either side of the A641 main Huddersfield to Bradford Road. The district area stretches from the top of Woo ...

in April 1894.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Joseph 1829 births 1894 deaths English cricketers Cricketers from Huddersfield Yorkshire cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 English cricketers of 1864 to 1889