Clement Booth was an English first-class cricketer and administrator.
13 Facts About Clement Booth
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Clement Booth was Hampshire County Cricket Club's second captain at first-class level.
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The son of The Reverend Thomas Willingham Clement Booth, he was born in May 1842 at Friskney, Lincolnshire.
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Clement Booth was educated at Rugby School, where he was coached in cricket by Alfred Diver and Daniel Hayward.
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At Cambridge, Clement Booth excelled at sport, gaining blues in both cricket and athletics.
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Clement Booth played first-class cricket for the University until 1865, making ten appearances, which included four in The University Match.
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Clement Booth played minor matches for an early Lincolnshire county organisation, acting as its honorary secretary from 1867 until the end 1871, when he resigned.
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Clement Booth scored 1,013 runs for the MCC at an average of 15.58; he made one half century, a score of 78.
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In 1872, Clement Booth had moved to Hampshire where he was a farmer at New House Farm in Kilmeston.
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Clement Booth played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1880, making 20 appearances.
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Clement Booth was captain until 1878, being replaced by Arthur Wood in 1879.
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Besides his lengthy associations with Cambridge University, the MCC and Hampshire, Clement Booth played first-class cricket on three occasions for the South in the North v South match, as well as making a single appearance each for the Gentlemen of England and an Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present team.
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Clement Booth played club cricket for Spilsby in the 1880s and was associated with Skegness Cricket Club into the 1890s and the turn of the century, helping to organise matches for the club against the MCC and acting as the club's president.