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Born | 17 March 1872 Newhaven, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 October 1951 (aged 79) Edgbaston, Birmingham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 29 June 1899 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 February 1902 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2022 |
William George Quaife (17 March 1872 – 13 October 1951) was a cricketer who played for Sussex, Warwickshire and England. At the age of 56 years and 139 days, Quaife is the oldest cricketer to score a century in a County Championship match, doing so in the 1928 tournament.[1] He is also the oldest cricketer to take a five-wicket haul in the County Championship, taking three five-wicket hauls in the 1926 tournament at the age of 54.[2]