Researching Donald Wilkins
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13236 people with the Wilkins surname? In that year Wilkins was ranked number 299 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Donald means "proud chief, world ruler" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Donald Wilkins on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Donald Wilkins and the Wilkins Family Tree
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Donald Wilkins
Donald Albert Wilkins (13 October 1903 – 22 January 1972) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1927 season. He was born at Bristol and died at Saltford, Somerset.
Wilkins was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He made his debut in a rain-ruined match against Yorkshire at Bath, scoring two in the only innings of the match that even started. Two weeks later, in another match affected by rain, he made three and one against Lancashire at Taunton. These were the only matches of his first-class cricket career.
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