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England
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Claude Buckenham
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Right-hand bat
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43
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614
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17
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1182
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21
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2823
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1150
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85
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1910
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, (born
January 16 ,
1876 , at
Herne Hill ,
London , and died
February 23 ,
1937 , at
Dundee ,
Scotland ), was a
Cricketer who played for
Essex and
England .
Tall and gangling, and with a toothcomb moustache, Buckenham was a fast bowler and a useful lower order batsman. He played for Essex from 1899 to 1914, but suffered, particularly in his early years, from slipshod fielding which meant he was more expensive than he perhaps deserved. His career average, at more than 25, is high for the era in which he played.
From 1906, the first season in which he took more than 100 wickets, he came right to the front rank of English fast bowlers, and he played several representative matches over the next few English seasons without breaking into the
Test Match team. His only Test experience came on the 1909-10 tour to South Africa, under the captaincy of
HDG Leveson-Gower . In four Tests, he took 21 wickets at 28 runs apiece, including five for 115 in the first
South African innings of the third Test at
Johannesburg . But though he had his most productive season in 1911, with 134
First-class wickets, he was considered too old for the 1911-12 tour to Australia.
Buckenham was a good amateur footballer and played county soccer for Essex. He played right-back for the
Upton Park F.C. team that won the inaugural Olympic Football tournament in 1900.
Buckenham retired in 1914 to become professional at the Scottish club Forfarshire and after serving with
Royal Garrison Artillery in the
First World War he became cricket coach at
Repton School .
- Buchanan, Ian ''British Olympians''. Guinness Publishing (1991) ISBN 0-85112-952-8
