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English cricketer
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Male
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22 April 1924
Death:
1981
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Biography
Introduction
Robert Wakefield Clarke (1924-1981) was an English cricketer active from 1947 to 1957 who played for Northamptonshire. He appeared in 212 first-class matches as a left arm fast bowler who was a lefthanded batsman. Clarke was born in Finedon, Northamptonshire on 22 April 1924 and died in Sherborne, Dorset on 3 August 1981. He took 484 first-class wickets with a best performance of eight for 26 and he scored 2,745 runs with a highest score of 56, one of six half-centuries.
Sources
- Robert Clarke at CricketArchive
- Robert Clarke at ESPNcricinfo
- Playfair Cricket Annual – 1948 edition