William Wild (21 February 1846 — 7 January 1891) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Born | 21 February 1846 Thorncombe, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1891 (aged 44) Norwich, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1877 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild was born in February 1846 at Thorncombe, Dorset. He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1877.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs by Fred Morley in Hampshire's first innings, while following-on in their second innings he ended Hampshire's innings of 149 all out unbeaten on 2 runs.[2] As a bowler, he was described by the Hampshire Independent as a "Southampton lad, free and graceful delivery, [with] a good pace".[3] Prior to playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, Wild was summoned to Southampton Police Court in October 1869 on charges of assaulting John Gray, a toll collector on the Itchen Bridge.[4] Wild later moved to Norfolk, where he worked as a tailor. He died at his residence in Norwich in January 1891, with his wife informing the coroner that leading up to his death he had been suffering from rheumatic fever.[5]
References edit
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Wild". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Cricket. Hampshire Independent. 18 May 1864. p. 4
- ^ Southampton Police Court. Hampshire Advertiser. 30 October 1869. pp. 6, 7
- ^ Mr. Deputy-Coroner Mills. Eastern Daily Press. 9 January 1891. p. 5