Full name William Chatterton
Born December 27, 1861, Thornsett, Derbyshire
Died March 19, 1913, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire (aged 51 years 82 days)
Major teams England, Derbyshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 289 | 510 | 39 | 10914 | 169 | 23.17 | 8 | 53 | 239 | 4 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 289 | 11896 | 4465 | 208 | 6/42 | 21.46 | 2.25 | 57.1 | 4 | 1 |
Only Test | South Africa v England at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 1892 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1882 - 1902 |
William Chatterton, one of the greatest of Derbyshire cricketers, died of consumption at Flowery Field, Hyde, on March 19th, in his 50th year. For many years he occupied a high position among professional batsmen, and it was due largely to him that his county was reinstated among the first-class sides in 1894. Although he had many strokes, his batting was essentially watchful and steady. That his careful methods paid is proved by the fact that for Derbyshire alone his scored 11,619 runs with an average of 25.15. In addition, he took 199 wickets for the county at a cost of just under 23 runs each. For the M.C.C. also his all-round cricket was often most valuable, and for Mr. W. W. Read"s team in South Africa in 1891-2-his only colonial tour-he was by far the biggest run-getter. His chief scores in important cricket were as follows:-