Richard Nicholson (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Richard Payne Nicholson

| birth_date = 1814

| birth_place = Upper Clapton, Middlesex, England

| death_date = 18 February 1845 (aged 30/31)

| death_place = Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal

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| family = William Nicholson (brother)
John Nicholson (brother)
Ralph Nicholson (brother)

| batting = Unknown

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| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1841

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 2

| bat avg1 = 2.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 2

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| date = 4 August

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18220.html Cricinfo

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Richard Payne Nicholson (1814 – 18 February 1845) was an English first-class cricketer and distiller.

The son of John Nicholson, he was born in 1818 at Upper Clapton. He was a member of the family which owned the J&W Nicholson & Co gin distillery based in Clerkenwell and Three Mills. Nicholson made two appearances in first-class cricket, firstly for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1837 at Lord's, and secondly for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge Town Club at the same venue.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37397/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Nicholson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-04 |url-access=subscription}} He worked in the family business as a distiller alongside his brother, William,{{cite book |title=The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949 |year=1841 |publisher=E. B. Ince |volume=19 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHsDAAAAQAAJ |language=en}} who was also a first-class cricketer and politician. He died in Portugal at Lisbon in February 1845.Deaths. The Morning Chronicle. 14 March 1845. p. 8 Brothers John and Ralph both also played first-class cricket.