Joseph Maghull Yates (19 June 1844 – 17 April 1916) was an English
first-class cricketer, later a barrister and magistrate.
Yates was born in
Chorlton-cum-Hardy (now a suburb of
Manchester) and educated at
Westminster School and
Trinity College, Cambridge. He played cricket for
Cambridge University and appeared in one first-class match in 1866.
While studying at Cambridge Yates was admitted to the
Inner Temple and after graduating in 1867 he was
called to the bar
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in 1869. He practised on the
Northern Circuit and became a
QC in 1893. He was
recorder of Salford 1889–1904 and chairman of
Quarter Sessions for
Salford Hundred
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. He was also
stipendiary magistrate
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for Manchester 1894–1916. He died in
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, Cheshire.
His nephew
James Yates also played first-class cricket.
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1844 births
1916 deaths
Cambridge University cricketers
English cricketers
People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
19th-century King's Counsel
Stipendiary magistrates (England and Wales)
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