William James Green (1834 – 11 January 1876) was an English cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1856 and 1861. He was born at Gravesend in Kent in 1834, the son of William and Rebecca Green (née King).[a][1][2][3]
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| Full name | William James Green | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1834 Gravesend, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 January 1876 (aged 41) Gravesend, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1856–1861 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Green played club cricket for Gravesend Cricket Club regularly and made his debut for Kent against Sussex in 1856. He made two further first-class appearances for the county, in 1859 against a Middlesex side and in 1861 against Cambridgeshire. In first-class matches he scored a total of 17 runs, with the 12 he scored in his second innings on debut his highest score.[4][5] He played in a Kent trial match in 1860 and in 1865 played for the Players of Kent against the Gentlemen of Kent in a match at the Bat and Ball Ground in Gravesend, scoring 23 runs and taking a wicket for his side.[1][5]
A house painter by trade, Green married and had three children with his wife Henrietta.[1][4] He died at Gravesend in 1876 aged 41.[6][7]
Notes
edit- ^ Green may have been the son of William Green who had played cricket for Kent sides in 1841 and 1842, immediately before the formation of Kent County Cricket Club. The 1907 History of Kent County Cricket, however, states that he was the son of another player called Green who had played once for the county side in 1828.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 198–199. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Moore D (1988) The History of Kent County Cricket Club, p. 246. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2209-7
- ^ Milton H (1983) Kent Cricketers 1834–1983, p. 13. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-06-07.)
- ^ a b Milton H (1999) The Bat and Ball Gravesend: a first-class cricket history, p. 129. Gravesend: Gravesend Cricket Club. ISBN 0 9536041 0 1
- ^ a b William Green, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-19. (subscription required)
- ^ William Green, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ Deaths registered in January, February, and March 1876, p. 186. General Register Office for England and Wales.