William Overton (cricketer)
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| Full name | William Overton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1873 Swindon, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 August 1949 (aged 76) Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896–1922 | Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1898–1908 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Overton (28 March 1873 – 6 August 1949) was an English first-class cricketer.
Overton was born at Swindon in March 1873. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Wiltshire in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Nottinghamshire in 1898. He played first-class cricket for MCC until 1908, making eight appearances.[2] Playing as a left-arm medium pace bowler, Overton took 21 wickets in his eight matches for MCC, at an average of 16.19 and with best figures of 4 for 22.[3]
He featured regularly for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship, making 143 appearances before the First World War.[1] He made 21 appearances following the conclusion of the war, with his final minor counties appearance being in 1922.[1] He was described as one of the county's leading bowlers both before and after the war by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[4] He died at Paddington in August 1949.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by William Overton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Overton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by William Overton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1949". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2019.