Full name William Attewell
Born June 12, 1861, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
Died June 11, 1927, Long Eaton, Derbyshire (aged 65 years 364 days)
Major teams England, Nottinghamshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 15 | 6 | 150 | 43* | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
First-class | 429 | 644 | 68 | 8083 | 102 | 14.03 | 1 | 27 | 364 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 18 | 2850 | 626 | 28 | 4/42 | 6/107 | 22.35 | 1.31 | 101.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 429 | 108264 | 29896 | 1951 | 9/23 | 15.32 | 1.65 | 55.4 | 134 | 27 |
Test debut | Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1884 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v England at Adelaide, Mar 24-28, 1892 scorecard |
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First-class span | 1881 - 1899 |
A cricketer of considerable accomplishments, William Attewell (known as Dick to his team-mates) was best known as a bowler of unremitting accuracy and length. He bowled at medium pace, varying pace, flight and spin cleverly, and rarely bowled a loose ball. He used his abilities to perfect "off theory", popular in the 1890s, where he frustrated the batsman by bowling wide of the off stump to a packed off-side field. He was a fine fielder in the covers, and a more than useful batsman with a first-class century to his name (and a double hundred for MCC v Northumberland). A Nottinghamshire man, he came into the county side in 1881, and rarely left it until his retirement nineteen years later. He took 100 wickets in a season ten times, and toured Australia three times, most successfully in 1887-8.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1892