Swainson Howden Akroyd (13 November 1848 – 5 December 1925) was an English

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er. He was a right-handed

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. He was born in

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, and was educated at

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. Akroyd made his first-class debut for

in 1869 against

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, and was captain of Surrey in 1869 and 1870. He made his highest first-class score of 87 against

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in 1872. He played 33 first-class matches between 1869 and 1878, scoring 930 runs at an

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of 17.22. For Surrey he played 23 matches, scoring 622 runs at an average of 15.55. He died in

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on 5 December 1925. His brother

Bayly Akroyd Bayly Nash Akroyd (27 April 1850 – 24 November 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and tennis player. Cricket career Akroyd was born at Streatham in April 1850 and was educated at Radley College. He made his debut in first-class cric ...

also played first-class cricket.

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