Sotherton Nathaniel Micklethwait (22 August 1823 – 25 March 1889) was an English clergyman and a

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who appeared in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1843. He was born at Taverham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk and died at Hickling, also in Norfolk. Micklethwait was educated at Shrewsbury School and at

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. His single cricket appearance at Cambridge University came in the 1843 University Match against Oxford University, and he batted at No 11 and appears not to have bowled: he scored 11 and 1 not out in a low-scoring game. There is no record that he played any further matches, even minor games. His brother

Frederick Micklethwait Frederick Nathaniel Micklethwait (18 April 1817 – 18 October 1878) was an English lawyer and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club. He was born at Beeston, Nottinghamshire and died ...

played for Cambridge University in the 1836 University Match and also appeared in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club. Micklethwait graduated from Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1846. He was ordained as a Church of England clergyman and from 1849 to his death in 1889 he was vicar of Hickling in Norfolk. The

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of Hickling was in the gift of the Micklethwait family and he was presented at his induction by his father, Nathaniel Micklethwait.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Micklethwait, Sotherton 1823 births 1889 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Broadland (district) People from Hickling, Norfolk