Graham Stokes (22 March 1858 – 19 December 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in the early 1880s.[1]
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| Full name | Graham Stokes | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1858 Greenwich, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 1921 (aged 63) Blackheath, London | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frederick Stokes (brother) Lennard Stokes (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1880–1881 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Stokes was born at Greenwich in Kent, the son of Henry Graham Stokes, Proctor to the Admiralty[2] and solicitor, and his wife Elizabeth Sewell. He made his first-class debut for Kent against Surrey in 1880. He made three further first-class appearances in 1851, against Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Surrey.[3] Stokes scored 39 runs in his four matches, with a top score of 27.[4]
Outside of cricket he worked as a solicitor.[5] He died at Blackheath, in London on 19 December 1921. His brothers Frederick and Lennard both played international rugby union for England, as well as also playing first-class cricket for Kent.[5]
References
edit- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 506–507. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 8 August 2022.)
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Published by F. Jefferies, 1866, p681
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ a b Ambrose, Don. "Brief Profile of Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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