Richard Daft
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | (unknown hand) slow |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 254 |
| Runs scored | 9788 |
| Batting average | 25.42 |
| 100s/50s | 7/50 |
| Top score | 161 |
| Balls bowled | 2012 |
| Wickets | 51 |
| Bowling average | 20.98 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 |
| Best Bowling | 6-59 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 155/0 |
| First class debut: 24 Jun 1858 Last first class game: 29 Aug 1891 Source: [1] |
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Richard Daft (born November 2, 1835 at Nottingham; died July 18, 1900 at Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire) was an English cricketer. He was one of the best batsmen of his day, the peak of his first-class career (which lasted from 1858 to 1891) being the 1860s and early 1870s. He appeared in only a handful of matches after 1880.
Most of his major cricket was played for Nottinghamshire and the All England Eleven, and he captained the former side from 1871 to 1880. Unusually for the period, after beginning his career as a professional he later became an amateur. Two of his most notable innings were 118 at Lord's for North against South in 1862 and 102 for the Players against the Gentlemen (see Gentlemen v Players) at Lord's in 1872.[1][2]
He led a strong side to North America in late 1879, which beat a XV of Philadelphia.
It was written of him: "Not a big hitter, but played a thoroughly sound and at the same time graceful game."[3]
He wrote Kings of Cricket: Reminiscences and Anecdotes with Hints on the Game, which was published by J. W. Arrowsmith/Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. in 1893.
His brother, Charles, his sons, Harry and Richard, and his father-in-law, Butler Parr, all played first-class cricket. In August 1891, he played with Harry in the county eleven, at Kennington Oval against Surrey. Richard had returned to the Nottinghamshire side after an absence of ten years because Arthur Shrewsbury was forced to stand down through injury. Neither father nor son made any particular impact in this game, with Harry scoring 5 and 0, and Richard 12 and 2 as Surrey won by an innings and 46 runs.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ scorecard of the North v South match
- ^ scorecard of the Gentlemen v Players match
- ^ Giants of the Game (1900) by Lyttleton, Ford, Fry, Giffen.
- ^ Surrey v Nottinghamshire scorecard.
[edit] External sources
[edit] Further reading
- H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
- Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866), Lillywhite, 1862-1867
- John Major, More Than A Game, HarperCollins, 2007
