Bill Whitty
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| Full name | William James Whitty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 August 1886 Sydney, Australia |
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| Died | 30 January 1974 (aged 87) Tantanoola, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 95) | 27 May 1909 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 August 1912 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1907–1908 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1908–1926 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 15 April 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William James "Bill" Whitty (15 August 1886 in Sydney – 30 January 1974 in Tantanoola, South Australia) was an Australian Test cricketer who played 14 Tests from 1909 to 1912.
Born in Sydney, Whitty had only played junior cricket before he was noticed by Test batsman Victor Trumper, who recommended him for coaching and gave him the opportunity to bowl to the New South Wales state team. In 1907, at the age of 21, Whitty made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, taking 3 wickets. This was the only first-class match Whitty played for his home state, as he was recruited to Adelaide by Clem Hill to play for South Australia in 1908. Whitty played 5 first-class games in the 1908–09 Australian season, including one match for a "Rest of Australia" team against the Australian XI, where he took 3 wickets. Over the entire season, Whitty took 11 wickets with an average of 49.00, which was enough to earn him selection into the Australian team to tour England in 1909.
Whitty played in the first Test of the series, recording figures of 0/43 and 0/18 as England posted a dominant 10 wicket victory. Whitty was replaced for the second Test, which Australia won, along with the third, in retaining the Ashes. Despite his struggle to hold on to his Test position, Whitty took 77 wickets on the tour, at the impressive average of 20.42. On his return home to Australia, he continued to play for South Australia in 1909–10, helping them to win the Sheffield Shield for the second time in their history. In the final match of the season against New South Wales, Whitty took 5/43 as his former team was dismissed for just 92 in their first innings.
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