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English cricketer

William Barton
Personal information
Born(1793-08-19)19 August 1793
Finsbury, Middlesex
Died7 January 1825(1825-01-07) (aged 47)
Westminster, London
RelationsRobert Barton (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1795–1816Middlesex
1798–1805England XI
FC debut25 May 1795 Middlesex XI v MCC
Last FC13 August 1817 William Ward's XI v EH Budd's XI
Source: CricInfo, 20 June 2022

William Barton (16 January 1777 – 7 January 1825) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for a large number of sides during the period between 1795 and 1817.

Barton was born at Finsbury in Middlesex in 1777. He is first known to have played cricket for a Middlesex side in 1793 before making his first-class debut in 1795, playing for Middlesex against an MCC side at Lord's Old Ground. He made a total of 37 appearances in first-class matches, including 13 for England sides. He played first-class matches for sides representing Middlesex four times, Surrey three times and once each for Kent and Hampshire sides. Barton is known to have scored 801 runs, with a highest score of 69, and taken at least seven wickets in his career.

Barton died at Westminster in London in 1825. His nephew Robert Barton played a single first-class match for a Middlesex side in 1850.

Notes

  1. During the time Barton played, England sides were not representative of the country. Instead, they were sides composed of players from a range of locations brought together to play against another side.
  2. At this time wickets taken by bowlers were normally only recorded if they were bowled. Other means of dismissal were not credited to any bowler. As a result the number of wickets Barton took is uncertain, with the total of seven being a minimum. This also makes the calculation of an accurate bowling average impossible.

References

  1. Birley D (1999) A Social History of English Cricket, p. 364. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978 1 78131 1769
  2. ^ William Barton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-04-10. (subscription required)
  3. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 31. (Available online at The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  4. William Barton, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. Robert Barton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-20. (subscription required)

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