William Case (cricketer)
William Sterndale Case (24 August 1873 – 18 March 1922) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | William Sterndale Case | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 1873 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 1922 (aged 48) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Thomas Case, Sr. (father) Thomas Case, Jr. (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1895–1906 | Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1896 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Case was born at Oxford in August 1873 to the cricketer Thomas Case.[1] He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to the Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He appeared in two first-class cricket matches, the first of which came for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at Oxford in 1895, before making his second appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1896.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Case also played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire between 1895–1906, making 23 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4] He died in March 1922 at St Giles', Oxford. His brother, Thomas, was also a first-class cricketer. His maternal grandfather was the composer William Sterndale Bennett.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1922". ESPNcricinfo. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. 1904. p. 104.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Case". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by William Case". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Jones, T. G. H.; Kenrick, Frank B.; Julian L., Baker (1942). "Obituary notices: Lancelot Salisbury Bagster, 1887–1940; Thomas Bennett Case, 1871–1941; William Lash Miller, 1866–1940; Leonard Temple Thorne, 1855–1941". Journal of the Chemical Society: 333–4. doi:10.1039/JR9420000333. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
External links edit
- William Case at ESPNcricinfo