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William Arthur Alexander Webb (1872 – 29 January 1913) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1897–98 and 1900–01 seasons.

Webb was born at Mosgiel in Otago in 1872. A right-arm bowler, his best bowling figures came on Otago's northern tour in 1899–1900, when he took 5 for 42 in the second innings in a victory over Hawke's Bay. In a total of seven first-class matches he took 18 wickets. He also appeared for an Otago team against a Melbourne Cricket Club side during the 1899–1900 season in a match which is not considered to be first-class.

Ill-health led Webb to retire from cricket in his thirties, when he took up umpiring, but he died at Dunedin aged 40. His Dunedin cricket club, Opoho, forfeited its next match so its players could attend his funeral.

References

1. "William Webb". CricInfo. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 137. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
3. "Hawke's Bay v Otago 1899-00". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. William Webb, CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2024. (subscription required)
5. "Personal". Otago Daily Times: 2. 31 January 1913.
6. "Cricket: First Grade". Evening Star: 7. 3 February 1913.

External links

• William Webb at ESPNcricinfo

• 1872 births
• 1913 deaths
• New Zealand cricketers
• Otago cricketers
• People from Mosgiel