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Full name | Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Seaford, East Sussex | 17 May 1879||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 August 1933 Southwark, London | (aged 54)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1907–1923 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 April 2009 |
Lionel Holmes Wood Troughton MC (17 May 1879 – 31 August 1933) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club either side of the First World War. Primarily a batsman, Troughton was club captain of Kent between 1914 and 1923.[1] He served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and being awarded the Military Cross.