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William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798)
For other people with the same name, see William Clarke.
William Clarke (24 December 1798 – 25 August 1856) was an English cricketer and team manager who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1855.
He founded, managed and captained the All-England Eleven.
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He has been described as "one of certain figures who, in the history of cricket, stand like milestones along the way".[1] Clarke was born at Nottingham and died at Wandsworth in Surrey.
In the late 1820s, he lost sight in one eye after being struck there by a fives ball on the court behind the Bell Inn in Nottingham.[citation needed]
First-class career
Clarke was originally a bricklayer by trade, but from his earnings as a bowler and an advantageous marriage he was able in 1837 to take up the traditional cricketer's trade of publican.
He married Mary Chapman, the landlady of the Trent Bridge Inn, and they arranged for the land behind the inn to be made availa