Wilfred Potter (2 May 1910 – 4 March 1994) was an English cricketer. Potter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Swincliffe, near Harrogate, Yorkshire.
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| Full name | Wilfred Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1910 Swincliffe, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 March 1994 (aged 83) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1932 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Potter made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Derbyshire at the County Ground, Derby, in the 1932 County Championship.[1] In Derbyshire's first-innings of 108, Potter took the wicket of Stan Worthington to finish with figures of 1/19 from 8 overs. In Warwickshire's first-innings of 111, Potter was dismissed for a duck by Thomas Armstrong, while in Derbyshire's second-innings of 214/7 declared, he bowled 4 wicketless overs. Warwickshire were set a target of 212 for victory, but could only make 88, with Potter making his second duck of the match when he was dismissed by Armstrong.[2] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.
He died at Birmingham, Warwickshire on 4 March 1994.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Wilfred Potter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Warwickshire, 1932 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
External links
edit- Wilfred Potter at ESPNcricinfo
- Wilfred Potter at CricketArchive