Famous People with Name Ackroyd

Archibald Ackroyd            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Archibald Ackroyd: was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925 and for Scotland in 1937. 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.

Alfred Ackroyd            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Alfred Ackroyd: was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He only ever made two appearances for Yorkshire and averaged 15 with the bat and 10.66 with the ball taking 3 wickets. Afast bowler with a fierce break-back, his action was strongly criticised in Lillywhite,s Companion for 1880. Also a dangerous, unorthodox hitter, he was very successful for Uppingham Rovers.