William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British cricketer
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1842
Place of Birth: Hardstoft, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Mar-1900
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About William Hickton (cricketer, born 1842)
- William Hickton (14 December 1842 – 27 March 1900) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1867 and 1871 and for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1878.
- He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871. Hickton was born in Hardstoft, Derbyshire.
- He first played for the Salford-based Broughton club in 1867 and began his first-class career for Lancashire in the same year.
- In a match against MCC at Lords, which was so badly interrupted by the weather, that mops and pails were used clear water off the pitch, Hickton took 5 for 69 and 6 for 22.
- He continued to play in county matches between Lancashire and the small number of registered county sides at the time.
- In his time as a bowler at Lancashire, he took 144 wickets for 2022 runs, and in 1870 he achieved a clean sweep of 10-46 in a match against Hampshire. In 1871 Hickton decided to move to Derbyshire and join the newly established Derbyshire County Cricket Club in their opening season in a bowling line-up that included Dove Gregory and John Platts.
- Hickton's first match for Derbyshire, the first County Match played by the team, was against his old team Lancashire.
- Hickton made a good account of himself, taking four wickets in the first innings of the match.
- Hickton played in both matches against Lancashire in the 1872 season, whereas a good score in his one match against lancashire in the 1873 season put him top of the batting averages.
- In the 1874 season he played only two matches but took 17 wickets with 6-15 against Kent and 6-63 against Lancashire.
- In the 1875 season, he played six of the seven matches and took 32 wickets with 5-38 against United North of England.
- In the 1876 season he played four of seven matches but took eleven wickets of his twenty-two wickets in one match against Kent with 5-52 and 6-41.
- He played in all matches with the team in the 1877 season, when he took 40 wickets with 5-37 against Lancashire, 6-47 against Kent and 5-44 against Hampshire.
- As with earlier seasons, Hickton was kept of the top bowler spot by William Mycroft.
- Hickton managed just eleven wickets in eleven matches in the 1878 season and retired from first-class cricket.
- He continued his association with Broughton until 1897.
- Hickton's benefit match took place on 20 July 1883 between Lancashire and eighteen of the Broughton Club. Hickton was a right-arm round-arm fast bowler and took 284 first-class wickets at an average of 14.15 and a best performance of 10-46.
- He was a lower-order right-handed batsman and played 103 innings in 60 matches with a top score of 63 and an average of 12.25.
- He was also a deft slip fielder.Hickton died at Lower Broughton, Salford, at the age of 58.
- Wisden described him as "a good batsman and a fast round-armed bowler, being altogether a cricketer above the average, and fielding generally at slip." A reporter was once noted to have said of Hickton, "There were few better fast bowlers than Hickton, and he always looked a very proud man when he could get through the defence of the Champion and then walk off the field in a stately fashion for a drink."Hickton's son, also named William Hickton, played first-class cricket for Worcestershire.
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