Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton (3 February 1882 – 2 May 1943) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
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Payton was a right-handed middle order batsman and made 39 hundreds, his first was an innings of 133 against the touring West Indians in 1906.[1] He topped 1000 runs per season every year from 1921 to 1929 with a best of 1864 runs at 47.79 in 1926.[2] His only first-class wicket was Northamptonshire's Bernard Atkinson.[3]
Payton's son, also named Wilfred, followed in his footsteps and played with Nottinghamshire in 1935.
References edit
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v West Indians 1906". CricketArchive.
- ^ "First-class Batting record by season". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire 1922". CricketArchive.