Wilfrid Young

The Reverend Wilfrid Alec Radford Young (5 October 1867 – 19 March 1947) played first-class cricket for Somerset in the period from 1889 to 1893 immediately before and after the side's elevation to first-class status.[1] He was born at Brighton, Sussex, and died at the rectory at Kimcote, Leicestershire.

Wilfrid Young
Personal information
Full nameWilfrid Alec Radford Young
Born(1867-10-05)5 October 1867
Brighton, Sussex, England
Died19 March 1947(1947-03-19) (aged 79)
Kimcote, Leicestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889–1893Somerset
First-class debut13 August 1891 Somerset v Surrey
Last First-class24 July 1893 Somerset v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 2
Runs scored 13
Batting average 4.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 13
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 January 2011

Young was educated at Harrow School and as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm slow bowler he played in the socially important Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lord's in three seasons from 1883 to 1885. He went to Selwyn College, Cambridge University, and played in a trial match for the Cambridge cricket team, but did not make any first-team appearances. He appeared for Somerset in several matches in the 1889 and 1890 seasons: Somerset was at this point a second-class county, and the success of the side in 1890 was a material factor in its elevation to first-class cricket status for the 1891 season, when it was allowed to compete in the County Championship. Young only appeared twice in first-class matches for Somerset, once in each of the 1891 and 1893 seasons, and he did not bowl in either of them. His only runs came in the 1891 match: he scored 13 against Surrey.[2] In his 1893 game against Lancashire he failed to score in either innings.[3]

He became a parson in the Church of England and his final post was as rector of Kimcote, where he died in 1947.

References
  1. "Wilfrid Young". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  2. "Scorecard: Somerset v Surrey". www.cricketarchive.com. 13 August 1891. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. "Scorecard: Lancashire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 July 1893. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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