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Marcus Bosley

cricketer (1897-1982)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ28054135 ↗
Source-derived summary

Marcus Bosley (10 August 1897 – 12 June 1982) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1924/25.

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The public source identifies “Marcus Bosley” as cricketer (1897-1982). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marcus, Bosley and cricketer.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1982, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1897-08-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marcus, Bosley and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28054135. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1897, 1982 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Marcus Bosley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.