Country: | England |
Fullname: | Maurice Berkley |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1872 |
Birth Place: | Navestock, Essex, England |
Death Place: | Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
Club1: | Essex |
Year1: | 1894 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 6 |
Bat Avg1: | 3.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 5 |
Deliveries1: | 138 |
Wickets1: | 7 |
Bowl Avg1: | 14.71 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 6/50 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 28 February |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9076.html Cricinfo |
Maurice Berkley (6 September 1872 – 9 August 1947) was an English cricketer. Berkley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born in Navestock, Essex and educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he played for the college cricket team.[1]
Berkley played for Essex twice in the 1894 County Championship against Yorkshire and Leicestershire.[2] In his two matches, he scored 6 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 5.[3] More successful in the bowling department, Berkley took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 14.71.[4] six of his wickets came in a single innings in his maiden first-class match against Yorkshire, claiming 6/50.[5]
He died in Bangor, Caernarvonshire on 9 August 1947.