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Edward Missen
1875 births | 1927 deaths | english cricketers | essex cricketersEdward Missen (February 2, 1875 — November 17, 1927) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Essex.
Missen made his first and only County Championship appearance almost 17 years after appearing for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904. A middle order batsman alongside captain JWHT Douglas, Missen hit 8 runs in his first innings and 12 in his second.
Sandy Wollaston
1875 births | 1930 deaths | british explorersAlexander Frederick Richmond “Sandy” Wollaston (1875 - 3 June 1930) was a British medical doctor, botanist, climber and explorer.
Wollaston studied medicine at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1896 and qualifying as a surgeon in 1903. However, he disliked the medical profession and preferred to spend his life on exploration and natural history. He travelled extensively, visiting Lapland, the Dolomites, Sudan and Japan, as well as participating in an expedition to the Ruwenzori Mountains of Uganda in 1905.
Harry Gleason
1875 births | 1961 deaths | boston red sox players | major league infielders | major league outfielders | major league players from new jersey | st. louis browns playersHarry Gilbert Gleason (March 28, 1875 - October 21, 1961) was an utility infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1901 through 1905 for the Boston Americans (1901-03) and St. Louis Browns (1904-05). Listed at 5' 6", 160 lb., Gleason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. His older brother, Kid Gleason, also was a major league player.
A versatile player and basically a line-drive hitter, Gleason delivered a pinch-hit single and stole a base in his first major league at-bat with the Boston Americans. After that, he made 262 fielding appearances as a third baseman (202), shortstop (20) and second baseman (16), as well at center field (16) and left (8). His most productive season came with the 1905 St. Louis Browns, when he played a career-high 150 games including 144 as the team's regular third base, while hitting 17 extrabases with 45 runs and 57 RBI, also career-numbers.
