[1][2] Despite having a deformed right hand caused by a childhood accident, Clifford was an effective leg break bowler who bowled right-arm slow underarm deliveries.
Arthur Haygarth, writing in the mid-19th century, noted his attention to detail when bowling.
[3][4] Clifford mainly played for Kent sides, which he made 31 appearances for, as well as both East and West Kent sides and those put together by leading Kent patrons of the day Sir Horatio Mann and John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley.
[7] Clifford was born at Bearsted in Kent in 1752 and died there in 1811 aged 59.
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