William Hargreaves (cricketer)

William Henry Hargreaves (6 September 1872 – 19 April 1948) was a cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1893. He was born at Great Wymondley near Baldock in Hertfordshire in 1872.[1][2]

William Hargreaves
Personal information
Full name
William Henry Hargreaves
Born(1872-09-06)6 September 1872
Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire
Died19 April 1948(1948-04-19) (aged 75)
Gravesend, Kent
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1893Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 10
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 10
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 20 October 2011

Hargreaves made his only first-class appearance in June 1893 for Kent against Middlesex in the 1893 County Championship at Gravesend.[3] Hargreaves is also known to have played twice for Kent's Second XI during the 1893 season and to have played for Chatham Cricket Club against the touring South Africans at New Brompton in 1894.[3]

He died at Gravesend in Kent in April 1948 aged 75.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b William Hargreaves, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 213–214. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ a b William Hargreaves, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-21. (subscription required)
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