Clement Booth

Clement Booth

Personal information
Born	11 May 1842 Friskney, Lincolnshire, England
Died	14 July 1926 (aged 84) Hundleby Grange, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1862–1865	Cambridge University
1871–1886	Marylebone Cricket Club
1875–1880	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 75 Runs scored 1922 Batting average 15.37 100s/50s –/4 Top score 78 Balls bowled 440 Wickets 5 Bowling average 37.20 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/4 Catches/stumpings 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2009

Clement Booth (born 11 May 1842 in Friskney, Lincolnshire; died 14 July 1926 at Hundleby Grange, Spilsby, Lincolnshire) was an English cricketer played first-class cricket between 1862 and 1886. Booth was a right-handed batsman.

Booth was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1862 to 1865. His debut first-class match was against the Marylebone Cricket Club, a team he would later play for between 1871-1886. Booth also went on to play for Hampshire, and captained them from 1875 to 1878. His final first-class match was for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1886.

Booth was a farmer at Hundleby Grange, Spilsby, Lincolnshire where he died in 1926 at the age of 84.

References

1. "Booth, Clement (BT861C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links

• Clement Booth at Cricinfo
• Clement Booth at CricketArchive