Joseph Massey (31 January 1895 – 9 August 1977) was an

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first-class

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er. Massey was born at

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in January 1895. He played club cricket before and during the

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in the northern leagues, before playing for Littleborough and

after the war in the Central Lancashire League, where he performed well. He then moved to

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, where he played for twenty seasons. He was selected to play for Sir L. Parkinson's XI in 1933, making his debut in first-class cricket for the team against the touring

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in 1933. He made a second first-class appearance for the team in 1935, against

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at Blackpool. He scored a total of 65 runs in his two first-class matches, with a high score of 25. After being employed by

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, he became the publican at The Black Bull in Great Eccleston in 1936, where he would spend the next 41 years. Massey died there in August 1977.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massey, Joseph 1895 births 1977 deaths Cricketers from Rochdale English cricketers Publicans Sir L. Parkinson's XI cricketers