Whitcher was born in 1832 at Emsworth, Hampshire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1864, which was the club's first season with first-class status. This came against Sussex. In this match he bowled 5 wicket-less overs in the Sussex first-innings. In Hampshire's first-innings, he ended the innings unbeaten without scoring. Having batted at number 10 in the first-innings, he opened the batting in Hampshire's second-innings. This promotion up the order was not successful, with Whitcher being run out for a duck. Sussex eventually won the match by 10 wickets.[1] He next appeared in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1867, when he played his final first-class match against Kent.[2] He scored his first first-class runs in Hampshire's first-innings, making 10 runs before being dismissed by George Bennett. In the second-innings he ended the innings unbeaten on 17. Whitcher bowled in the Kent first-innings, bowling 7 wicket-less overs. The match ended in a draw.[3]
william, whitcher, 1832, march, 1910, english, first, class, cricketer, personal, informationfull, nameborn1832emsworth, hampshire, englanddied9, march, 1910, aged, southampton, hampshire, englandbattingunknownbowlingunknowndomestic, team, informationyearsteam. William Whitcher 1832 3 March 1910 was an English first class cricketer William WhitcherPersonal informationFull nameWilliam WhitcherBorn1832Emsworth Hampshire EnglandDied9 March 1910 aged 77 78 Southampton Hampshire EnglandBattingUnknownBowlingUnknownDomestic team informationYearsTeam1864 1867HampshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 27Batting average 13 50100s 50s Top score 17 Balls bowled 48Wickets 0Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches stumpings Source Cricinfo 1 January 2009Whitcher was born in 1832 at Emsworth Hampshire He made his debut in first class cricket for Hampshire in 1864 which was the club s first season with first class status This came against Sussex In this match he bowled 5 wicket less overs in the Sussex first innings In Hampshire s first innings he ended the innings unbeaten without scoring Having batted at number 10 in the first innings he opened the batting in Hampshire s second innings This promotion up the order was not successful with Whitcher being run out for a duck Sussex eventually won the match by 10 wickets 1 He next appeared in first class cricket for Hampshire in 1867 when he played his final first class match against Kent 2 He scored his first first class runs in Hampshire s first innings making 10 runs before being dismissed by George Bennett In the second innings he ended the innings unbeaten on 17 Whitcher bowled in the Kent first innings bowling 7 wicket less overs The match ended in a draw 3 Whitcher died at Shirley in Southampton in March 1910 References Edit Sussex v Hampshire 1864 CricketArchive Retrieved 19 May 2011 First Class Matches played by William Whitcher CricketArchive Retrieved 19 May 2011 Hampshire v Kent 1867 CricketArchive Retrieved 19 May 2011 External links EditWilliam Whitcher at ESPNcricinfo This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1830s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Whitcher amp oldid 1162744827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
