David North Trotter (24 May 1858 – 17 March 1912) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | David North Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1858 Forkhill, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 March 1912 (aged 53) Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Trotter was born at Forkhill in County Down in May 1858. He played minor matches for Ireland and Dublin University Cricket Club in the 1870s,[1] where he had some success, scoring a century at College Park in 1876 against a United South of England Eleven featuring W. G. Grace, James Southerton and James Lillywhite.[2] Impressed by his performance, Grace invited him to play for the North of England in the annual North v South fixture.[3] He played in the 1877 fixture at Chelsea, in what would be his only appearance in first-class cricket.[4] Trotter played as an opening batsman. He toured North America with the Gentlemen of Ireland in 1879, and continued to play minor matches for Ireland until 1890.[1] He died at a private hospital in Dublin in March 1912, following a long illness.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Miscellaneous Matches played by David Trotter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Dublin University Past and Present v United South of England Eleven, 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Irish Cricketers Abroad". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by David Trotter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1912". ESPNcricinfo. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.