William Collins (cricketer, born 1848), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Collins (cricketer, born 1848)

Welsh first-class cricketer and author (1848-1932)

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1848

Place of Birth: list of villages in Gower, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1932

Profession: novelist, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About William Collins (cricketer, born 1848)

  • William Edmund Wood Collins (16 June 1848 – 7 January 1932) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and author. The son of the essayist William Lucas Collins, he was born in Glamorgan at Cheriton in June 1848.
  • Collins was educated at Radley College, before going up to Jesus College, Oxford.
  • He did not feature in first-class cricket for Oxford University, at a time when the side was dominated by players from Brasenose College.
  • He married Margaret Elizabeth Stepford Sackville in 1882.
  • He eventually played first-class cricket in 1884, when he played for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at Oxford.
  • He played again for the Gentlemen of England in 1886, this time against I Zingari in the Scarborough Festival of 1886.
  • Held in high regard by C.
  • I.
  • Thornton, Collins was invited by him to play for Lord Londesborough's XI against the touring Australians at the festival.
  • In the Lord Londesborough's XI first-innings total of 558, Collins came into bat at number eleven, scoring 56 runs.
  • He played again at the 1887 Scarborough Festival in two first-class matches, for the Gentlemen of England against I Zingari and for the South in the North v South fixture.
  • He was invited to play for the Oxford University Past and Present cricket team against the touring Australians at Leyton in 1888, taking figures of 6 for 35 in the Australians first-innings.
  • His final first-class appearance came three years later for H.
  • Philipson's XI against Oxford University.
  • Across seven first-class matches, Collins scored 157 runs at an average of 19.62, while with the ball he took 19 wickets at a bowling average of 23.57.Away from playing cricket, Collins was a regular contributor to Blackwood's Magazine and published two works of fiction set in Oxford: The Don and the Undergraduate (1899) and A Scholar of his College (1900).
  • Collins died in January 1832 at Heacham, Norfolk.
  • He was described by A.
  • J.
  • Webbe at the time of his death in a letter to The Times as "a very fine left-handed bowler, essentially the man for a hard wicket, as he was very fast off the pitch and came a lot with his arm.
  • Also a great hitter."

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