William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859)
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| Full name | William Harry Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1859 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 May 1946 (aged 87) Hove, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Patterson (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1878–1881 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880–1900 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Harry Patterson (11 March 1859 – 3 May 1946) was an English amateur cricketer who played during the latter part of the 19th century.[1][2]
Patterson was educated at Harrow School and Pembroke College, Oxford. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled, he was awarded his cricket Blue at Oxford University in 1880 and 1881. In 1881 he scored a century for Oxford against Cambridge while suffering from a broken finger.[3] He was the joint captain of Kent County Cricket Club between 1890 and 1893.
References
[edit]- ^ "William Patterson player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 428–432. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
- ^ "Mr W. H. Patterson". The Times. No. 50444. London. 6 May 1946. p. 6.