Richard Oliver Earnshaw (8 January 1939 – 28 July 1963) was an English first-class cricketer.

While undertaking his National Service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Earnshaw played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making his debut against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth in 1960.[1] He made a second first-class appearance in 1961, against Northamptonshire at Northampton.[1] He scored 11 runs across his two matches,[2] as well as bowling 67 wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling, conceding 211 runs.[3]

He died at Westminster in July 1963, aged just 24.

References

  1. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Richard Earnshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Earnshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Earnshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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