William Banks (cricketer)
William John Banks (25 April 1822 – 17 January 1901) was a Welsh-born English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent teams in the 1840s.[1] He was born at Swansea and died at Oxney Court near Dover in Kent.
As a cricketer played 10 first-class matches between 1843 and 1848. His highest innings was a score of 38 when he opened the batting with his brother, Edward, for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1845.[2] His Wisden obituary quoted from Scores and Biographies which described him as "a hard hitter and an active field".[3]
Banks was the grandson of Sir Edward Banks who built the 19th century London Bridge.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "William Banks". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 June 1845. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Deaths in 1901". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1902 ed.). Wisden. p. lviii.
- ^ "Death of an old Cricketer". The Times. No. 39168. London. 13 January 1910. p. 15.Reference cites the obituary of his brother.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 41–42. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 6 August 2022.)