Joseph Needham (9 January 1862 – 30 August 1889) was an English

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er who played for Derbyshire in 1883. Needham was born in Priestcliffe, Derbyshire and in 1881 was working as a farmhand for his uncle George Broom at Taddington. Needham played a single first-class game for Derbyshire in the 1883 season in May against Lancashire. He is shown as being first in the Derbyshire batting lineup and yet not out for just six runs in the second innings, for a team total score of 118. A possible explanation is that he retired hurt early in the game but returned later for another attempt at bat. He was a right-handed batsman and made 9 runs in his single first-class appearance.Joseph Needham at Cricket Archive
/ref> Needham died at Taddington at the age of 27.

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