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The result was redirect to List of English cricketers (1787–1825). ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Selby (cricketer, born c.1765) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Non-notable cricketer, fails WP:GNG. Störm (talk) 10:12, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to List of English cricketers (1787–1825) Has played 1 FC match, but I couldn't find any coverage. Sources may well exist offline due to the time he was playing, but there seems to be some confusion over his details and whether Thomas is actually his name. Using a similar precedent to that used by WP:FOOTY where a player with one or a few matches, but no coverage, is deleted/redirected, and a suitable WP:ATD exists here. The CricketArchive link on the profile is also for a different player. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 10:50, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• I suspect that he's the father of the Thomas Selby who played for Kent sides in about 1840 and who was super influential in setting up the West Malling team which brought Fuller Pilch to the county (see this source). But I'm not 100% sure. I suspect we'd need someone with access to John Goulstone's book of Early Kent Cricketers to confirm this - and that might show broader notability. I'd certainly suspect that a redirect as above would be a better alternative to deletion, especially as there's the (actually realistic for a change) hope of at least one more in depth source existing. Blue Square Thing (talk) 11:00, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to List of English cricketers (1787–1825). Fails WP:GNG; entirely insufficient content to warrant a standalone article. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 13:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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