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| Full name | George Holmes Marples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1883 Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1947 (aged 64) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 10 July 1904 Derbyshire v Australians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 17 July 1905 Derbyshire v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Holmes Marples (30 May 1883 – 30 December 1947) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.
Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket. In his second match, a week later against Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC won by an innings and 252 runs. Marples was a left-arm medium-fast bowler who took one wicket in his career at an average of 116.00 and a tailend batsman who scored 11 runs in 4 innings in 2 first-class matches.
Marples died in Chesterfield at the age of 64.[1]