William Prince (cricketer)
William Prince (28 March 1868 – 1 June 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898.
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| Full name | William Prince | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1868 Somercotes, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 June 1948 (aged 80) New Ollerton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | RIght-arm medium fast bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1898 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 11 July 1898 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prince was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Prince, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah. In 1881 the family was living at Skegby, Nottingham and Prince himself was a miner at the age of 13.[1]
Prince, with fellow one-timer John Bourne, played one match for Derbyshire in the 1898 season in July against Nottinghamshire. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prince was given little chance to bowl and took no wickets, but conceded just thirteen from nine overs, the best runs-per-over rate for the team during the entire match. He was a right-handed batsman and as a tailender, put on two runs in the first innings and did not bat in the second innings as the match finished as a draw.[2]
Prince died in New Ollerton at the age of 80.
References
- British Census 1881 RG11 3316/83 p50
- William Prince at Cricket Archive