William Buttress

William Buttress (25 November 1827 – 25 August 1866) was an English first-class cricketer active 1849–61 who played for Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire) as a right-arm slow medium pace bowler. In 17 first-class matches, he took 83 wickets with a best return of seven for 35. He achieved five wickets in an innings nine times and ten in a match twice. He batted right-handed as a tailender and held eleven catches as a fielder.[1]

He played county cricket for Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Devon, Dorset, Cheshire, Bedfordshire and (in 1852-53) Shropshire while being professional at Shrewsbury Cricket Club.[2]

Buttress was born and died, aged 38, in Cambridge[1]

References
  1. William Buttress at ESPNcricinfo
  2. Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications. pp. 9, 41. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.


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