William Lautour

William Francis Joseph Lautour (21 August 1812 – 11 November 1899) was an English first-class cricketer. Lautour was a left-handed batsman.

William Lautour

Personal information
Full name	William Francis Joseph Lautour
Born	(1812-08-21)21 August 1812 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died	11 November 1899(1899-11-11) (aged 87) Hexton, Hertfordshire, England
Nickname	William Francis Joseph Lautour Young
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1849	Hampshire
1845–1847	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 18 Runs scored 183 Batting average 6.31 100s/50s –/– Top score 30* Balls bowled 56 Wickets 7 Bowling average 29.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3? Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2010

Lautour made his first-class debut for the left-handed cricket team against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1838. In between making his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1845, he represented a number of teams in other first-class matches. Lautour represented the West, the Gentlemen in the 1844 Gentlemen v Players match as well as playing a single first-class match for an early England side against Kent.

In 1845, he made his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire. Overall he represented the club in 3 first-class matches up to 1847. During this period he also played a number of non first-class matches for Dorset.

In 1849, Lautour represented Hampshire in a single first-class match against an All-England Eleven. In the same year he played his final first-class match for Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent.

Lautour died on 11 November 1899 at Hexton, Hertfordshire.

External links

• William Lautour at Cricinfo
• William Lautour at CricketArchive