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England
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Tom Armitage
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Right-hand bat (RHB)
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Right-arm medium round-arm / underarm lob
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2
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33
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1100
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0/0
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21
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12
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0
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0/0
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57
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1,180
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1388
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0/4
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95
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4,237
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121
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1423
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12
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3
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7/26
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23/0
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15 March
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1877
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4 April
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1877
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(born
25 April 1848 in
Sheffield ,
Yorkshire , died
21 September 1922 in
Chicago ) was an
English Cricketer .
Born in
Sheffield , Armitage made his
First-class debut for
Yorkshire against
Nottinghamshire at
Trent Bridge in
1872 , opening the batting in the first innings, although he failed to make much of an impression in the game, scoring 0 and 1, taking 0-19 from five overs and holding no catches. He next appeared for Yorkshire in
1874 against a United South of England XI, but again did little.
Armitage's
County Cricket career really got off the ground in
1875 , in which season he took 22 wickets in nine matches
At Just 7.59 Apiece , including 7-27 against
Derbyshire , and recorded the first of his four half-centuries, 68 not out against
Surrey . In
1876 he played 12 games and claimed 45 wickets, taking 13-46 in a match against Surrey bowling
Underarm Lobs , also making his highest first-class score of 95 against Middlesex.
Armitage was selected for the tour of
Australia that winter, and in the spring of
1877 played in the first two
Test Matches ever staged, both at
Melbourne . However, he did almost nothing, bowling only twelve balls and scoring just 33 runs in three innings, and he never played for
England again.
He continued to play for Yorkshire for a couple of years more, achieving some success in
1877 when he took 42 wickets, but declined in
1878 and played only one match in
1879 , for United North of England against London United. He then emigrated to the
United States , and seven years after his previous match he made one final first-class appearance, for Players of United States of America against Gentlemen of Philadelphia, making 58 and taking 2-25.
Armitage died in
Pullman ,
Chicago at the age of 74.
