William Garrat (born 21 April 1805) was an English professional

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er who played

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from 1832 to 1845. A right-handed batsman who was mainly associated with

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and

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, he made 32 known appearances in first-class matches.CricketArchive
Retrieved on 4 December 2008. He represented the Players in the

Gentlemen v Players Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of English first-class cricket matches. Two matches were played in 1806, but the fixture was not played again until 1819. It became an annual event, usually played at least twice each season, exc ...

series and the

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in the

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series.

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1805 births English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Players cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers North v South cricketers Year of death unknown Nottingham Cricket Club cricketers Fast v Slow cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub