Robert Clifford

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Robert Clifford (born 8 March 1752 at Bearsted in Kent; died 18 April 1811 at Bearsted) was a noted English cricket all-rounder who played mainly for Kent from 1777 to 1792. He made 74 known first-class appearances.

Little is known about Robert Clifford apart from what the scorecards tell us. He is believed to have bowled right arm slow although he was a left handed bat. In Early Kent Cricketers, he is described as "the famous Clifford" from a report in a Kent county newspaper.

English cricketers of 1761 to 1786

Edward "Curry" Aburrow | Henry Attfield | James Aylward | William Barber | Bayton | William Bedster | Francis Booker | John Boorman William Bowra | William Brazier | Thomas Brett | William Bullen | Childs | Robert Clifford | Samuel Colchin | Duke of Dorset John Edmeads | John Frame | Richard Francis | David Harris | William Hogsflesh | Lamborn | George Leer | George Louch Sir Horatio Mann | Noah Mann | Richard Miller | John Minshull | Muggeridge | Richard Nyren | William Palmer | Thomas Pattenden Richard Purchase | Thomas Quiddington | Joey Ring | Richard Simmons | John Small | Edward "Lumpy" Stevens | Peter Stewart Tom Sueter | Earl of Tankerville | Thomas Taylor | Richard Aubrey Veck | "Shock" White | Thomas "Daddy" White John Wood of Seal | John (Thomas) Wood | William Yalden

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
• Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
• The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
• John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote

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