Kenneth Methven Carlisle (7 August 1882 – 15 May 1967) was an English cricketer active from 1903 to 1905 who played for

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. He was born in

Lymm Lymm ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and ...

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and died in

Bardwell, Suffolk Bardwell is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Location Bardwell is located about ten miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds between the villages of Ixworth, Stanton, Suffolk, ...

. He appeared in 30 first-class matches as a righthanded

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who

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right arm slow. He scored 1,211 runs with a highest score of 114

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, one of two centuries, and took six

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with a best performance of two for 39. Carlisle was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

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'', "Obituaries in 1967"

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1882 births 1967 deaths English cricketers Oxford University cricketers People from Lymm People from Bardwell, Suffolk People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford {{england-cricket-bio-1880s-stub