FIRST CLASS CONNECTIONS

Quite by chance we've discovered another Lincolnshire-born first class cricketer - and he hailed from the Brigg area.
Alfred Talbot Cliff, born in 1878, played as an amateur - right-handed batsman, slow left-arm bowler - in 39 matches for Worcestershire between 1912 and 1920.
He scored 986 runs at an average of 13.69 and took eight wickets, his first victim, against Kent, being England Test batsman Frank Woolley!
His highest first class score was 59 not out against Leicestershire at Worcester in 1914, when he and M. K. Foster shared in a partnership of 166.
He also shared a fine stand with Wing Commander William Harold Nelson Shakespeare OBE MC AFC, late of the Royal Flying Corps, in August 1919 against Warwickshire.
Alfred was born at Scawby Grove, and died in Oxford, aged 87, in 1966 - meriting an obituary in Wisden, the 'Bible' of cricket.
We are pretty sure he was the son, or close relative, of local dignitary Talbot Cliff, who lived at Scawby Grove and had strong connections with industry in Scunthorpe and with Brigg Grammar School.
The school's wooden cricket pavilion (demolished in 2002, forcing Brigg Town to move grounds) was opened by Mrs Talbot Cliff (a relative of the first class cricketer) on sports day, June 5, 1929. In declaring the pavilion open, Mrs Cliff expressed her delight in being asked to take part in the activities of the school, of whose progress she was so proud. She presented the Challenge Cups and vote of thanks was afterwards proposed by the head prefect.
There were Talbot Cliffs with ironmaking connections in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so maybe Alfred Talbot Cliff was connected to them.
Any further information you might be able to provide about his Brigg area connections will be appreciated.