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Basil Frederick Clarke (26 September 1885–4 May 1940) was an Indian-born English cricketer.〔(Cricinfo profile )〕 A right-handed batsman, he played county cricket for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire〔(CricketArchive profile )〕 and also played twice for the Egypt national cricket team.〔(Other matches played by Basil Clarke ) at CricketArchive〕 ==Biography== Born in Madras in 1885,〔 Basil Clarke made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire during the 1914 English cricket season. He played two further county championship matches, against Lancashire and Yorkshire, that season.〔(First-class matches played by Basil Clarke ) at CricketArchive〕 His cricket career was interrupted by the First World War, and he returned to first-class cricket for the 1919 season, when he played four County Championship matches for Gloucestershire. He also played first-class matches for Gloucestershire against Worcestershire and the touring Australian Imperial Forces team in addition to a match for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's and a match for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University during the season.〔 He played three County Championship matches for Gloucestershire in 1920, in addition to a match for the Army against Oxford University. He moved to play for Leicestershire for the 1922 season, playing five County Championship matches in his last year of first-class cricket.〔 He played twice for the Egypt national side against Free Foresters in April 1927.〔 He scored just one first-class century in his career,〔 an unbeaten 108 against Hampshire〔(First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Basil Clarke ) at CricketArchive〕 in 1919.〔(First-class batting and fielding in each season by Basil Clarke ) at CricketArchive〕 He died in Sussex in 1940.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basil Clarke (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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