Joseph Makinson

Joseph Makinson (25 August 1836 at Higher Broughton, Salford, Lancashire – 14 March 1914 at Sale, Cheshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1856 to 1873.

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Joseph Makinson was educated at Huddersfield College, Owen's College, Manchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] A right-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and right arm medium pace roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Lancashire, he made 27 known appearances in first-class matches.^[2] He played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.

Makinson was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1864, and practised on the Northern Circuit. From 1866 to 1878 he was Deputy Coroner for Manchester^[3] and from 1878 until his death in 1914 he was the Stipendiary Magistrate of Salford.^[1]