Archibald White (cricketer)

Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bt. MFH (14 October 1877 – 16 December 1945) was the son of William Knight Hamilton White, the second son of Sir Thomas White, 2nd Baronet. He was born at Tickhill in Yorkshire, where he lived throughout his childhood. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his uncle (his father's elder brother), Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 3rd Bt. in 1907.

Sir Archibald was educated at Wellington College, where he was Captain of Cricket and Rugby, as well as a school prefect. After school he went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he got his degree and played cricket for his college.

In 1903 Sir Archibald married Gladys Love Becher Pitman, the daughter of Rev. Augustus Bracken Pitman, the Rector of Stonegrave near Malton in North Yorkshire. Upon the marriage she was known as Lady White.

Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bart. was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1911 to 1914. He led the team to the County Championship title in 1912. He also appeared for Yorkshire (1913), the Yorkshire Second XI (1908) and York and District (1920).

White played ninety eight first-class games from 1908 to 1920, scoring 1,471 runs at an average of 14.42, with a best score of 55 against Nottinghamshire,one of four fifties in his career. He held fifty two catches, and conceded seven runs with his right arm medium pace, without taking a wicket.

He played his early cricket with Tickhill C.C. from 1893, and became their captain in 1897. He finished playing for Tickhill C.C. in 1908, but became president in 1910.

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