Benjamin Bolton
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Benjamin Charles Bolton was a first class cricketer who made 4 appearances for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890 and 1891.
Born on September 23, 1861 in Cottingham, Hull he died on on November 18, 1910 in the same town.
He was a right arm fast medium bowler who claimed 13 wickets at just 19.38. He had a fine debut match against Gloucestershire in Dewsbury in 1890, bagging 4 for 63 in an innings and an excellent 7 for 105 in the match, although the visitors ran out winners by 84 runs. He then played against Kent and, in his last match of the season, claimed a career best of 5 for 40 against Sussex
He reappeared in 1891 against Surrey but took only 1 for 73 as Yorkshire lost by an innings and, somewhat unluckily, was not asked to play again.
As a right handed tail end batsman he scored 25 runs at 4.16 with a best of 11.
He also played for Yorkshire Second XI in 1900.
