William Ezra Coleman (5 December 1878 – 27 January 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | William Ezra Coleman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1878 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 January 1960 (aged 81) Napsbury, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896–1914 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1909 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coleman was born at Hitchin in December 1878. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Norfolk in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship.[1] Six years later he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against London County at Lord's. Coleman played first-class cricket for the MCC until 1909, making a total of ten appearances.[2] Across his ten matches, he scored 180 runs at an average of 11.25, with a high score of 37.[3] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 6 for 30.[4] These figures, which was his only five wicket haul in first-class cricket, came against Oxford University in 1903.[5] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1914, making a total of 147 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] He scored a total of 3,885 runs for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship, as well as taking 619 wickets.[6] He is Hertfordshire's fourth leading wicket-taker in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]
Outside of playing, he spent ten years on the groundstaff at Lord's, in addition to coaching cricket at St George's School, Harpenden and spending 23 years coaching at Aldenham School.[7] He died in January 1960 at Napsbury, Hertfordshire.
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Coleman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Bill Coleman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bill Coleman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Bill Coleman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1903". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ a b "2017 Hertfordshire Cricket". Hertfordshire County Cricket Club. 2017. pp. 31, 34. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1960". ESPNcricinfo. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2019.