Richard Allsop (10 June 1849 – 20 March 1908) was an English

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between 1872 and 1874. Allsop was born at

Wirksworth Wirksworth is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population of 5,038 in the 2011 census was estimated at 5,180 in 2019. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a mark ...

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, the son of Samuel Allsop, a journeyman joiner, and his wife Ann. By 1871, he was a joiner himself, living with the family at St John Street.Wirksworth Parish Records 1800-1900 - 1871 Census
/ref> He played club cricket for Wirksworth and Burton Cricket Clubs before making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1872 season against

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. He played two further first-class matches for the county in the 1874 season as well as making non-first-class appearances for the side.Richard Allsop
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-13. Allsop died at

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in 1908 at the age of 68.Richard Allsop

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. Retrieved 2020-06-13.

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* 1849 births 1908 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers People from Wirksworth Cricketers from Derbyshire {{england-cricket-bio-1840s-stub