Thomas Gothard Selby (19 February 1851 – 6 November 1924) was an English
cricket
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er who played for
Derbyshire in 1885.
Selby was born in
North Wingfield,
Derbyshire. He played his only game for Derbyshire in the
1885 season against
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at
Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...
in June. In the match, he scored 1 and 2 and bowled 4 overs for the loss of 7 runs. Most of the Derbyshire bowling was delivered by
Shacklock and
Mycroft. With the captain
Ludford Docker absent hurt from the second innings, Derbyshire lost the match by an innings margin. Selby was a right-handed batsman and played 2 innings in one first-class match. He was a right-arm fast bowler but took no wickets in his four overs.
Thomas Selby at Cricket Archive
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Selby died in Shirebrook
Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England. Close to the boundaries with the districts of Mansfield and Bassetlaw of Nottinghamshire,OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): it had a population of 13,300 in ...
, Derbyshire at the age of 73.
References
1851 births
1924 deaths
English cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers
People from North Wingfield
Cricketers from Derbyshire
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