Louis Hall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English county cricketer
Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1852
Place of Birth: Batley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 19-Nov-1915
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Louis Hall
- Louis Hall (1 November 1852 – 19 November 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. Born in Batley, Yorkshire, Hall made his debut in 1873, and came of age with an innings of 78 for a local Eighteen against the Australian XI in 1878.
- Thereafter, until 1892, he was a mainstay of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. With George Ulyett, he formed a successful opening partnership for Yorkshire.
- They had eleven opening stands of over 100 and, against Sussex in 1885, they added 128 and 108 in the two innings.
- Against Middlesex in 1884, Hall scored 96 and 135.
- His finest season was 1887, when he scored 1,544 at an average of 41, 1,240 of them in first-class matches. Hall carried his bat seventeen times in first-class cricket, a feat matched only by W.
- G.
- Grace and Cecil Wood.
- He played for the Players against Gentlemen five times, and captained Yorkshire a few times in the absence of the regular captain Lord Hawke. Defensive by nature, Hall was not an attractive batsman, with his primary shot being the front foot defence.
- He was awarded a benefit match against Surrey in 1890, but he deferred it so that the injured Billy Bates could have his that year.
- Hall's benefit match, against Surrey at Sheffield in 1891, earned him 570 pounds.
- After his active career ended in 1894, he served as a coach at Uppingham School. A steward and member of Hick Lane Wesleyan Chapel, he was also a lay preacher in the Batley area, as well being a Liberal councillor for nine years.
- He also helped his fellow cricketers as Chairman of the Yorkshire Cricketers Benevolent Fund.
- In addition, he was secretary of Batley Rugby Club, at the time of the change over to the Northern Union. Hall died in Morecambe, Lancashire, in November 1915.
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