Thomas Limb (25 February 1850 – 21 February 1901) was an English

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er who played for

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in 1878. Limb was born

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire Eastwood is a former coal mining town in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, northwest of Nottingham and northeast of Derby on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly ...

and became a coal miner. He played in one match for Derbyshire in the 1878 season against

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, in which he failed to score a run, being bowled out by

Enoch Storer Enoch Storer (18 May 1838 – 1 July 1880) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire between 1865 and 1878. Storer was born at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. He became a cricket professional at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1861. ...

and Alexander Watson. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm bowler.Thomas Limb at Cricket Archive
/ref> Limb died in Eastwood at the age of 50.

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