William Coffey (cricketer)

{{short description|Irish cricketer}}

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{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}

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| country = Ireland

| fullname = William Loftus Coffey

| birth_date = 7 October 1885U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = Unknown

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| batting = Unknown

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 4

| bat avg1 = 2.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 4

| deliveries1 = 90

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 13.33

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/40

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 10 January

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24576.html Cricinfo

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William Loftus Coffey (7 October 1885 – ) was an Irish cricketer.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26715/26715.html Cricket Archive profile] He made his debut for Ireland in a match against a team representing New York City in September 1909.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1454.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] Later that month, he played his second and final match for Ireland, playing a first-class match against Philadelphia, which was his only first-class match.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26715/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by William Coffey at Cricket Archive]

Coffey immigrated to the United States in 1909 and became a U.S. citizen in 1919.New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944