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William Clarke's Death — End of the Founder of the All-England Eleven, 25 August 1856
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1856-08-25
William Clarke, the Nottinghamshire slow underarm bowler who founded the All-England Eleven in 1846 and turned professional touring cricket into a paying business, died on 25 August 1856 at Priory Lodge, Wandsworth Road, London, of paraplegia. He was 57. His death ended the four-year boycott of the United All-England Eleven and opened the way for the AEE v UAEE annual match that would shape the next decade of English cricket.
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