Wilfrid Walter Timms (28 September 1902 – 30 September 1986) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Cambridge University from 1921 to 1932.
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| Full name | Wilfrid Walter Timms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1902 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 September 1986 (aged 84) Godalming, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1921–1932 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1925 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timms made his first-class debut while still a schoolboy at Northampton School for Boys. In his second match, when Northamptonshire followed on 381 in arrears, he scored 154 not out in five and three-quarter hours to save the match.[1]
From 1930 he taught as a schoolmaster at Charterhouse School in Godalming, running the cricket at the school from 1932 to 1946.[1]
References edit
External links edit
- Wilfrid Timms at ESPNcricinfo
- Wilfrid Timms at CricketArchive
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