William Snowden (born 27 September 1952) is an English former cricketer.
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| Full name | William Snowden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1952 Whiston, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1975 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ "Merchant Taylors' School celebrates more cricket success". Liverpool Echo. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1988. p. 1175. ISBN 9780521382373.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Kent, 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "List A Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.