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Alonzo Drake
Personal information Life and career
Full name Alonzo Drake Born in Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Drake
Born 16 April 1884(1884-04-16) played for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1908 and 1909, the
Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire, year he first broke into the first team. He took 12 wick-
England ets in five matches, and 28 in 1910 including a spell of
Died 14 February 1919(1919-02-14) (aged 34) 5/10 against Western Counties, at Titwood, Glasgow. In
Honley, Yorkshire, England 1911, he finally established himself in the Yorkshire side.
A more than useful left-handed batsman, he averaged 35
Batting style Left-handed
with the bat and took 79 wickets at 22.40.
Bowling style Left-arm slow-medium In 1913, he took 102 wickets at the top of the York-
shire averages and, in the last season of a truncated ca-
Domestic team information
reer, claimed 135 wickets at 15.30, including 11 five wick-
Years Team et hauls. Like Schofield Haigh, he was devastating on
1909–1914 Yorkshire poor or rain affected wickets but, unlike Haigh, could
bowl long spells and had a fine economy rate on flatter
Career statistics batting tracks. He took five wickets in an innings 29
Competition First-class times.
He claimed remarkable 4/4 and 3/3 returns, for
Matches 157 match figures of 7/7, against Somerset at The Recreation
Runs scored 4,816 Ground, Bath in 1913. He grabbed 5/6 in the second in-
nings against Derbyshire at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield in
Batting average 21.69
1914, including the wickets of Richard Baggallay, Gilbert
100s/50s 3/20 Curgenven, Colin Hurt and Thomas Forrester in consec-
utive balls. His most famous feat was the taking all ten
Top score 147*
Somerset wickets for 35 at Clarence Park, Weston-super-
Balls bowled 21,293 Mare in 1914, when he took 15 in the match for 51 runs.
Only Drake, Hedley Verity (twice), and Frank Smailes,
Wickets 480
have taken all ten wickets in an innings for Yorkshire. [3]
Bowling average 18.03 He took a hat-trick against Essex at Fartown Ground,
Huddersfield in 1912, in a spell in which he took 5 wickets
5 wickets in 29
innings
and conceded no runs. He took three wickets in four
balls in a first-class ’friendly’ Roses Match at The Circle,
10 wickets in 1 Kingston upon Hull that year. He bowled unchanged with
match
Major Booth throughout the game in consecutive match-
Best bowling 10/35 es in 1914 - against Gloucestershire and Somerset.
His batting continued to be useful. He scored 4,816
Catches/stumpings
Catches/stumpings 93/– runs in all, with three centuries and a best of 147* against
Source: Cricinfo, 21 April 2011 Derbyshire, for an average of 21.69.
He fell into ill health, and died aged 34 in February
Alonzo Drake (16 April 1884 – 14 February 1919)[1] was an 1919, in Honley, Yorkshire.
English first-class cricketer who played 157 matches for
Yorkshire between 1909 and 1914.[2] Despite making his
first class debut at the relatively late age of 25, Drake was
References
a vital part of the Yorkshire team in the seasons before [1] Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket
World War I. Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire:
Great Northern Books. p. 367.
ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alonzo Drake
[2] "Player profile: Alonzo Drake". ESPNcricinfo. Name Drake, Alonzo
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/
Alternative
12248.html. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
names
[3] Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket
Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Short descrip- English county cricketer
Great Northern Books. p. 73. tion
ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4. Date of birth 16 April 1884
Place of birth Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire,
External links England
• Alonzo Drake at ESPNcricinfo Date of death 14 February 1919
• Alonzo Drake at CricketArchive Place of death Honley, Yorkshire, England
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