William Green (cricketer, born 1817)

William Green (1817 – 25 November 1870) was an English cricketer who made two first-class cricket appearances for Kent representative teams just before the initial formation of the first Kent County Cricket Club in 1842. He was born at Sevenoaks in Kent in 1817.

William Green
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Green
Born1817
Sevenoaks, Kent
Died(1870-11-25)25 November 1870 (aged 52/53)
Gravesend, Kent
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1841–1842Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 18
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 16
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2011

Green's two first-class matches were against an England team at Bromley in 1841, and Sussex at the Beverley Ground in Canterbury in 1842.[1] He ran The Crown public house at Milton-next-Gravesend and died at Gravesend in November 1870.[2][3]

References

  1. William Green, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. Carlaw D Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806-1914, p.167. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-06-12.)
  3. William Green, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-07-19.

William Green at ESPNcricinfo

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