Joseph Cupitt (25 September 1867 — 6 May 1932) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1905. Cupitt was born in

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, the son of Thomas Cupitt, a coal miner, and his wife Susannah. Cupitt himself became a miner. He played for Derbyshire in the 1892 season and in the 1893 season when the club was outside the championship. Twelve years later in the 1905 season he made his first-class debut, against

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in May. He took one wicket in the match, that of future Test cricketer

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, though Derbyshire lost the match by an innings margin, in part thanks to a first-class best 277 runs from

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. His second and final first-class appearance came the following month, against

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, against whom, he took two wickets but scored just a single run in two innings. Cupitt was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and took three first-class wickets at an average of 48.33 and a best performance of 2 for 24. He batted in four innings in two first-class matches at an average of 9.5 and a top score of 13.Joseph Cupitt at Cricket Archive
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, Yorkshire at the age of 64.

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