Samuel Ellis (23 November 1851 – 28 October 1930)
was an English
first-class cricketer, who played as an
amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...
for an England XI against The Players of the North in
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
, and in two matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
, against the touring
Australians and
Derbyshire.
Born in
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Hudder ...
,
Yorkshire,
England, Ellis was a right-handed batsman who scored 16 runs, with a best of 9, for an average of 3.20.
Ellis died in October 1930, in Milnthorpe House, Sandal Magna,
Wakefield, Yorkshire.
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
1851 births
1930 deaths
Yorkshire cricketers
Cricketers from Dewsbury
English cricketers
English cricketers of 1864 to 1889
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