William Snowden

William Snowden (born 27 September 1952) is an English former cricketer.

William Snowden

Personal information
Full name	William Snowden
Born	(1952-09-27) 27 September 1952 (age 70) Whiston, Lancashire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1972–1975	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 37 10 Runs scored 1,413 112 Batting average 21.40 11.20 100s/50s 3/4 –/– Top score 108* 44 Balls bowled 20 0 Wickets 0 – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 September 2019

Snowden was born in September 1952 at Whiston, Lancashire. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby,^[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Leicestershire at Fenner's in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1975, making 35 appearances.^[3] Playing as a batsman, he scored 1,315 runs in his 35 first-class matches for Cambridge, at an average of 21.20 and a high score of 108 not out.^[4] This score, one of three centuries he made, came against Kent in 1973.^[5] He also made two first-class appearances for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team, playing against the touring New Zealanders in 1973, and the touring Indians in 1974.^[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made ten appearances in List A one-day cricket. The first eight of these came for Cambridge University, with four appearances apiece in the 1972 and 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup,^[6] with Snowden scoring 88 runs with a high score of 44.^[7] He also made two List A appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.^[3] After graduating from Cambridge he became a schoolteacher, teaching geography at Harrow School from 1981–2014.

References

1. "Merchant Taylors' School celebrates more cricket success". Liverpool Echo. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
2. The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1988. p. 1175. ISBN 9780521382373.
3. "First-Class Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
5. "Cambridge University v Kent, 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
6. "List A Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
7. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

External links

• William Snowden at ESPNcricinfo