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| Full name | Richard Pollard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1912 Westhoughton, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 December 1985 (aged 73) Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 314) | 20 July 1946 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 July 1948 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1950 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Pollard (19 June 1912 – 16 December 1985) was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion, he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950, taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches; he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire.[1]
A big and heavy man, he was known as a hard worker and, according to his obituary in Wisden in 1986, "his reputation as a great trier commended him to the Lancashire public".[2] Season after season, Wisden referred to Pollard's accuracy and reliability, and his ability to bowl long spells without apparently tiring.