Ernest Ford (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Ernest Claudius Bramhall Ford

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|7|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|6|19|1855|7|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Southend-on-Sea, Essex,
England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1874–1875

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 75

| bat avg1 = 10.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 32*

| deliveries1 = –

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| fivefor1 = –

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| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/1

| date = 5 August

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13125.html Cricinfo

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Ernest Claudius Bramhall Ford (23 July 1855 – 19 June 1900) was an English cricketer. Ford was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and was educated a Clifton College."Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p13: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948

Ford made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Surrey at The Oval in 1874. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Sussex in 1875 at the County Ground, Hove.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29469/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Ford|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 August 2012}} In his six first-class matches, he scored a total of 75 runs at an average of 10.71, with a high score of 32 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29469/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ernest Ford|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2012}}

He died at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on 19 June 1900.