Ernest Stapleton

Not to be confused with Henry Ernest Stapleton.

Ernest Stapleton (15 January 1869 — 14 December 1938) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.

Ernest Stapleton

Personal information
Born	(1869-01-15)15 January 1869 New Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	14 December 1938(1938-12-14) (aged 69) Nottingham, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1902	Derbyshire
Only FC	23 June 1902 Derbyshire v MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 3 Batting average 1.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 2 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, May 2012

Stapleton was born in New Basford, Nottinghamshire, the son of Ernest Stapleton, a hose trimmer, and his wife Sarah.^[1]

Stapleton made a cricketing appearance for the Nottinghamshire Colts against the Yorkshire Colts in 1896. He played in his first and only first-class match for Derbyshire in the 1902 season in a match in June against Marylebone Cricket Club. Stapleton, as an opening batsman, made just one run in the first innings and just two runs in the second. He was a right-handed batsman and played just that one match with a first-class run total of 3.^[2]

Stapleton made no further first-class appearances but in 1909 played one match for Glamorgan in the Minor Counties Championship.

Stapleton died in Nottingham. His brothers-in-law, John and George Gunn played Test cricket for England, while his nephew, also named George Gunn played for Nottinghamshire for 22 years.