William Payne (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Payne (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1854

Place of Birth: East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1909

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Payne (6 August 1854 – 25 June 1909) was an English cricketer.
Payne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
He was born at East Grinstead, Sussex. Payne made his first-class debut for the South against the North in 1877 at Argyle Street, Kingston upon Hull.
It was in 1877 that he made his first-class debut for Sussex against Lancashire at Old Trafford.
He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire in 1883.
In his seventeen matches for Sussex, he scored 180 runs at an average of 7.50, with a high score of 37 not out.
With the ball, he took 25 wickets at a bowling average of 19.60, with best figures of 3/34.Outside of cricket, Payne worked as a shoemaker, an occupation which had long been associated with his family.
It is known that by 1881 he was married to his wife, Emily, with whom he had a three-month-old daughter.
He died at the town of his birth on 25 June 1909.
His brother, Alfred, played first-class cricket, as did his uncles Charles Payne, Richard Payne and Joseph Payne.