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== Early career == Root was born in [[Somercotes]], Derbyshire and initially served on ground staff of [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] before beginning his first-class career for Derbyshire, making his debut in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910|1910]] season.<ref name=obit>[http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155509.html Wisden Fred Root]</ref> He played for five seasons for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] before cricket was suspended in England because of [[World War I]], doing very little apart from a couple of promising performances in 1913. During the war, Root was hit in the chest while serving as a dispatch rider, but recovered and resumed his cricketing career after the war.
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