Lewis Franklin Wrathmell (22 January 1855 – 16 September 1928) was an English

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er, who made his only appearance for

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against

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, at

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in 1886. Batting at number four, he scored seventeen runs before he was caught by the university's

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, Knatchbull-Hugessen, off the bowling of Dorman in Yorkshire's first innings of 154. He fell LBW to the same bowler for one run, as Yorkshire were bowled out for 124, to lose the game by twenty six runs. Wrathmell was born in Kirkheaton,

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, England, and died, aged 73, in

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...

, Yorkshire.

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1855 births 1928 deaths Yorkshire cricketers People from Kirkheaton Sportspeople from Kirklees Cricketers from West Yorkshire English cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1850s-stub