Ackroyd was born in Heanor, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1924 season. In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13 in his second innings. He played three more matches for the county that season and seven games in the 1925 season.
Ackroyd subsequently moved to Scotland where he played for West of Scotland against the Australians in 1926 and for another Scotland team against the Australians in 1930. He represented Scotland in one first-class match against Yorkshire in 1937.
Ackroyd was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 20 first-class wickets with an average of 35.35 and a best performance of 4 for 63. He was a right-handed batsman and played 20 innings in twelve first-class matches with an average of 4.15 and a top score of 15.[1]
Ackroyd died in Dixon's Green, Dudley at the age of 71.
archibald, ackroyd, 1897, june, 1968, english, cricketer, played, derbyshire, 1924, 1925, scotland, 1937, personal, informationfull, nameborn, 1897, 1897heanor, derbyshire, englanddied25, june, 1968, 1968, aged, dudley, englandbattingright, handedbowlingright,. Archibald Ackroyd 18 May 1897 25 June 1968 was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925 and for Scotland in 1937 Archibald AckroydPersonal informationFull nameArchibald AckroydBorn 1897 05 18 18 May 1897Heanor Derbyshire EnglandDied25 June 1968 1968 06 25 aged 71 Dudley EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm medium fastDomestic team informationYearsTeam1924 1925DerbyshireFC debut25 June 1924 Derbyshire v NorthamptonshireLast FC11 August 1937 Scotland v YorkshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 12Runs scored 79Batting average 4 15100s 50s 0 0Top score 15Balls bowled 1 582Wickets 20Bowling average 35 355 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 4 63Catches stumpings 5 Source CricketArchive February 2012Ackroyd was born in Heanor Derbyshire He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1924 season In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13 in his second innings He played three more matches for the county that season and seven games in the 1925 season Ackroyd subsequently moved to Scotland where he played for West of Scotland against the Australians in 1926 and for another Scotland team against the Australians in 1930 He represented Scotland in one first class match against Yorkshire in 1937 Ackroyd was a right arm medium fast bowler and took 20 first class wickets with an average of 35 35 and a best performance of 4 for 63 He was a right handed batsman and played 20 innings in twelve first class matches with an average of 4 15 and a top score of 15 1 Ackroyd died in Dixon s Green Dudley at the age of 71 References edit Archibald Ackroyd at Cricket Archive nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Archibald Ackroyd amp oldid 1133911944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
