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Ernest Ford (cricketer)

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Batting style
  
Right-handed

Role
  
Wicket-keeper


1874–1875
  
Gloucestershire

Name
  
Ernest Ford

Full name
  
Ernest Claudius Bramhall Ford

Born
  
23 July 1855 (
1855-07-23
)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Died
  
19 June 1900(1900-06-19) (aged 44) Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Ernest Claudius Bramhall Ford (23 July 1855 – 19 June 1900) was an English cricketer. Ford was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and was educated a Clifton College.

Ford made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Surrey at The Oval in 1874. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Sussex in 1875 at the County Ground, Hove. In his six first-class matches, he scored a total of 75 runs at an average of 10.71, with a high score of 32 not out.

He died at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on 19 June 1900.

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