Horace Merrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1887
Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Aug-1961
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Horace Merrick
- Horace Merrick MC (21 December 1887 – 16 August 1961) was an English cricketer, soldier and school teacher.
- Merrick attended Bristol Grammar School before going up to Oxford University.
- He played 12 matches of first-class cricket as a batsman for Gloucestershire between 1909 and 1911.
- His highest score came in the match against Essex in 1909, when he scored 58 and 23.
- He became a school teacher, first at Denstone College, then at Clifton College, where he was master-in-charge of cricket.In the First World War he served as an officer with the Gloucestershire Regiment.
- He was wounded in action in 1915 and was awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" in 1917.
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