Later Life
Like many wholehearted sportsmen, including fellow England captain Arthur Shrewsbury with whom he had opened the batting in Australia in 1893, he found life difficult after leaving the arena. In failing health and burdened by debt he committed suicide, by firearm, in London in 1915. A street in South Shields is named after him.
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Famous quotes containing the word life:
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?”
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