Limb was born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and became a coal miner.
[1] He played in one match for Derbyshire in the 1878 season against Lancashire, in which he failed to score a run, being bowled out by Enoch Storer and Alexander Watson.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm bowler.
[2] Limb died in Eastwood at the age of 50.
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