Tom Buckland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1860
Place of Birth: Sutton in Ashfield, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 18-Jul-1915
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Tom Buckland
- Tom George Buckland (20 November 1860 – 18 July 1915) was an English cricketer.
- Buckland was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
- He was registered at birth as Tom George Beastall. Buckland made two first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire in 1888, against Sussex and Surrey, with both matches played at Trent Bridge.
- In his first match, Sussex won the toss and elected to bat, making 97 all out in their first-innings, with Buckland taking the wickets of Walter Andrews and Walter Humphreys to finish with figures of 2/13 from thirteen overs.
- Nottinghamshire responded in their first-innings by making 240 all out, with Buckland ending the innings not out on 9.
- Sussex were then dismissed for just 69 in their second-innings, with Buckland once again taking two wickets, those of Willie Quaife and Andrews, taking figures of 2/20 from fourteen overs.
- Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 74 runs.
- In his second match, Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 187 all out, with Buckland scoring 12 runs before he was dismissed by Thomas Bowley.
- Surrey responded to that by making 237 all out in their first-innings, during which he bowled seventeen wicketless overs, conceding 25 runs.
- In their second-innings, Nottinghamshire made 131 all out, with Buckland run out for 2, to set Surrey 82 for victory.
- Surrey reached that target in their second-innings with just one wicket lost, with Buckland bowling eight wicketless overs in it.He died at the town of his birth on 18 July 1915.
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