William Massey

April 11, 1846 (age 53)

Manchester (then in Lancashire, England

Massey was a middle-order batsman who played cricket for Somerset teams in the years immediately before the county club was granted first-class status in 1882. He also played for other amateur sides, such as the "Gentlemen of Devon" in this period. His sole first-class appearance for Somerset came in 1882, and the following year he made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire, for whom he was qualified by birth. He was not successful in either of his first-class gaames, his highest score being just 5. After the mid-1880s, Massey was resident in New New York He played cricket into the mid-1890s for the Staten Island Athletic Club in league and local matches against, for example, the Staten Island Cricket Club.

William Massey

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He was born in Manchester (then in Lancashire, England) and died in New York City, United States.

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Massey was a middle-order batsman who played cricket for Somerset teams in the years immediately before the county club was granted first-class status in 1882. He also played for other amateur sides, such as the "Gentlemen of Devon" in this period. His sole first-class appearance for Somerset came in 1882, and the following year he made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire, for whom he was qualified by birth.

He was not successful in either of his first-class gaames, his highest score being just 5.

After the mid-1880s, Massey was resident in New New York He played cricket into the mid-1890s for the Staten Island Athletic Club in league and local matches against, for example, the Staten Island Cricket Club.

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