William John Cotterill (25 March 1863 – 30 October 1946) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1882 to 1894.
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| Full name | William John Cotterill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1863 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 October 1946 (aged 83) Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arthur Cotterill (brother) Henry Cotterill (brother) Edward Cotterill (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1881–82 to 1893–94 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 1 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cotterill was one of the 17 children of the Rev. George Cotterill, who became Canon of Christchurch.[1] He and his seven brothers were educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and five of them played first-class cricket in New Zealand.[2]
Cotterill was a right-handed batsman. He captained the Christ's College cricket team in 1880, scoring 252 runs at an average of 36, which was believed to be the best seasonal batting average by a player at the school to that time.[3] His best first-class score was 74 not out in Canterbury's victory over Otago in 1884–85, when the next-highest score in the match was 36. He was the only Canterbury batsman to play the bowling of Frank Cooke (who took 9 for 73) with any success, and was carried shoulder-high to the pavilion when the innings ended.[4][5]
Cotterill moved from Christchurch to Invercargill in 1892 in his work for the New Zealand Shipping Company.[6] In 1896 he moved to Timaru to take up the position of Timaru manager for the company.[7] He retired from the position in 1920 after 39 years with the company.[8] While in the position he also performed "with tact and ability" as chairman of the local Wharf Labourers' Dispute Committee.[9]
Cotterill died in Timaru in October 1946, aged 83. His wife Maud predeceased him.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Person Page – 44790". The Peerage. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Greg Ryan, Where the Game Was Played by Decent Chaps, PhD thesis, University of Canterbury, 1996, p. 147.
- ^ "The past cricket season". Star. 12 May 1881. p. 3.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1884–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Interprovincial match". Lyttelton Times. 29 December 1884. p. 5.
- ^ "Cricket". Otago Witness. 29 September 1892. p. 30.
- ^ "Town & Country". Timaru Herald. 20 July 1896. p. 2.
- ^ "Personal". Timaru Herald. 11 March 1920. p. 7.
- ^ "Valedictory: Mr. W. J. Cotterill: Watersiders' appreciation". Timaru Herald. 8 June 1920. p. 5.
- ^ "Deaths". Press: 1. 31 October 1946.
External links
edit- William Cotterill at ESPNcricinfo
- William Cotterill at CricketArchive