William Best
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William Best was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler who played for Kent
. He was born in Smarden
and died at Ruthin Castle
.
Best made his County Championship debut during the inaugural 1890 season, in a drawn match against Nottinghamshire
, his only input into the game being to bowl a single maiden over. Best made a further appearance in the 1890 championship two weeks later, moving up to the opening order with Alec Hearne
. However, it was almost exactly a year before he made his next first-class appearance, his only appearance during the 1891 season.
Best made two further first-class appearances, both in the 1892 season, and the following year, played for a Blackpool and District team during an Australian tour of England, composed of twelve Australian players and sixteen for the Blackpool team. In spite of this, the game was a low-scoring affair all round, with Best scoring a duck in each innings.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler who played for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
. He was born in Smarden
Smarden
Smarden is a civil parish and village, west of Ashford in Kent, South East England.The village has The Church of St. Michael which because of its high scissor beam roof is sometimes known as "The Barn of Kent"....
and died at Ruthin Castle
Ruthin Castle
Ruthin Castle is a medieval castle fortification in Wales, near the town of Ruthin in the Vale of Clwyd. It was constructed during the late 13th century by Dafydd, the brother of Prince Llywelyn II, on a red sandstone ridge overlooking the valley....
.
Best made his County Championship debut during the inaugural 1890 season, in a drawn match against Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
, his only input into the game being to bowl a single maiden over. Best made a further appearance in the 1890 championship two weeks later, moving up to the opening order with Alec Hearne
Alec Hearne
Alec Hearne was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1884 and 1906. Hearne was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1894...
. However, it was almost exactly a year before he made his next first-class appearance, his only appearance during the 1891 season.
Best made two further first-class appearances, both in the 1892 season, and the following year, played for a Blackpool and District team during an Australian tour of England, composed of twelve Australian players and sixteen for the Blackpool team. In spite of this, the game was a low-scoring affair all round, with Best scoring a duck in each innings.
External links
- William Best at Cricket Archive