William Cecil Caesar (25 November 1899 – 5 April 1988) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey in one match in 1922 and then, 24 years later, in three matches for Somerset in 1946.
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| Full name | William Cecil Caesar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1899 Clapham, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 April 1988 (aged 88) Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 1 June 1922 Surrey v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 6 August 1946 Somerset v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 1 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editCaesar was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler, "distinctly quick" in his younger days, said his obituary in Wisden.[1] He was picked in a reduced-strength Surrey side for a first-class match against Scotland in June 1922, not batting and failing to take a wicket in 14 overs. Across the following years, he played on occasion for Surrey's second eleven in the Minor Counties Championship and for the Civil Service cricket team in minor matches.[2][3]
Then, in 1946, "no more than military medium and of comfortable build by then", says one account, he played three matches for Somerset.[4] Wisden described him at this stage as a "Bath amateur".[5] In his first game for Somerset, against Leicestershire at Melton Mowbray, he scored 5 not out and then 7, and these were his highest batting scores in first-class cricket; in Leicestershire's innings, he took two for 11 and four for 59, and these were the best bowling returns of his career.[6]
Football career
editCaesar was also a well-known amateur football player and played for the England international team, as well as for Football League teams such as Darlington, Fulham and Brentford.[1][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1989 ed.). Wisden. p. 1157.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Caesar". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ "Other matches played by Bill Caesar". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ David Foot & Ivan Ponting (1993). Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 25. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.
- ^ "Leicestershire in 1946". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1947 ed.). Wisden. p. 335.
- ^ "Scorecard: Leicestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1 June 1946. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "Caesar Bill Image 1 Dulwich Hamlet 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.