william, churchill, cricketer, william, churchill, october, 1840, october, 1907, english, first, class, cricketer, barrister, william, churchillpersonal, informationfull, namewilliam, churchillborn6, october, 1840winterborne, stickland, dorset, englanddied20, . William Churchill 6 October 1840 20 October 1907 was an English first class cricketer and barrister William ChurchillPersonal informationFull nameWilliam ChurchillBorn6 October 1840Winterborne Stickland Dorset EnglandDied20 October 1907 1907 10 20 aged 67 Woking Surrey EnglandBattingUnknownDomestic team informationYearsTeam1870 1872Marylebone Cricket ClubCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 16Batting average 5 33100s 50s Top score 12Catches stumpings Source Cricinfo 31 May 2021The son of William Churchill senior he was born in October 1840 at Winterborne Stickland Dorset He was educated at Brighton College before going up to Trinity College Cambridge 1 He was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not feature in first class cricket for the club He graduated from Cambridge in 1864 and trained to become a barrister at Lincoln s Inn being called to the bar in 1867 2 A keen amateur cricketer Churchill made two appearances in first class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1870 and Cambridge University at Fenner s in 1872 3 He scored 16 runs across his two appearances with a highest score of 12 4 Churchill died at Woking in October 1907 unmarried and without issue In his will he left money to a number of charitable causes including the Dorset County Hospital and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution 5 References edit Venn John 1944 Alumni Cantabrigienses Vol 1 Cambridge University Press p 38 Foster Joseph 1885 Men at the bar Reeves and Turner p 86 First Class Matches played by William Churchill CricketArchive Retrieved 1 June 2021 First Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Churchill CricketArchive Retrieved 1 June 2021 Charitable Bequests London Evening Standard 30 November 1907 p 10External links editWilliam Churchill at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Churchill cricketer amp oldid 1133101748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,