# Alfred Earnshaw

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**Alfred Earnshaw** (7 August 1814 – 8 March 1895) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Earnshaw's [batting](/source/Batting_(cricket)) style is unknown. He was born at [Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex).

Earnshaw made his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for the [Surrey Club](/source/Surrey_Club) against the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) in 1846.[1] The following year he made his debut for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He made three further first-class appearances for Surrey in 1847, playing twice against [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) and one further match against the Marylebone Cricket Club.[1] Earnshaw made a total of five appearances in first-class cricket, scoring a total of 62 at an [average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 6.20, with a high score of 15.[2]

He died at [Bromley](/source/Bromley), Kent on 8 March 1895. His son [George Earnshaw](/source/George_Earnshaw_(cricketer)) also played first-class cricket.

## References

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Alfred Earnshaw"](http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36742/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

1. ["Player profile: Alfred Earnshaw"](http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36742/36742.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

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