Sydney Wheatley Falding (5 May 1891 – 7 November 1959) was an English cricketer. Falding was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Kirkstall, Yorkshire.
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| Full name | Sydney Wheatley Falding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1891 Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 November 1959 (aged 68) Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927 | West of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–1932 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 | Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Falding made his debut in county cricket for Lincolnshire in the 1914 Minor Counties Championship, in which played two matches against Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.[1] Following the First World War, Falding made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire against the touring Australians. The Australians scored a mammoth 621 in their first-innings, with Falding taking only the wicket of Warwick Armstrong for the cost of 119 runs.[2] He reappeared in county cricket in 1925, playing for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1925 to 1932, he played 80 matches for Devon.[1] He scored 3,137 runs for Devon at a batting average of 25.29, including several centuries and high score of 162 against Berkshire in 1926.[3] With the ball he took 176 wickets at a bowling average of 18.49.[3] In 1927, he played his final first-class match for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders at the County Ground, Exeter.[4] He took two wickets in the match, those of New Zealand captain Tom Lowry and Ces Dacre.[5]
He died in Leeds, Yorkshire on 7 November 1959.
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Sydney Falding". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Australians, 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Cricinfo profile: Sydney Falding". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Sydney Falding". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "West v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
External links
edit- Sydney Falding at ESPNcricinfo
- Sydney Falding at CricketArchive