Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (27 April 1871 – 8 January 1935) was an English

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er active from 1898 to 1899 who played for

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. He was born in

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and died in

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. Stoddart was a strong forward who played rugby for Lancashire and for England in all the 1897 internationals, one of only six men to do so. As a cricketer, he appeared in 19

first-class matches First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

as a righthanded

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who

bowled In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batsman. Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (Th ...

right arm

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. He scored 410 runs with a highest score of 43 * and held seven catches. He took 48

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

s with a best analysis of six for 121. His cousin was the cricketer Trevor Bowring. His son, Sir

Kenneth Stoddart Wing Commander Sir Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart (26 May 191426 December 2008) was a distinguished Battle of Britain Pilot. Kenneth Stoddart was born in Cressington Park, Liverpool, on 26 May 1914. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Clare Coll ...

was a distinguished Battle of Britain Pilot and later became

Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside The office of Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey) remains part of the Lancashire County ...

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1871 births 1935 deaths English cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Lancashire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers England international rugby union players {{england-cricket-bio-1870s-stub