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John Lillywhite

John Lillywhite
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Personal information
Full name John Lillywhite
Born (1826-11-10)10 November 1826
Hove, Sussex, England
Died 27 October 1874(1874-10-27) (aged 47)
St Pancras, London, England
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Relations Father:William Lillywhite, Brother:Fred Lillywhite, Cousin:James Lillywhite
Domestic team information
Years Team
1850-1869 Sussex
1851-1864 Middlesex
1856-1860 MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 185
Runs scored 5127
Batting average 17.43
100s/50s 2/13
Top score 138
Balls bowled 7010
Wickets 223
Bowling average 11.56
5 wickets in innings 12
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 8-54
Catches/stumpings 94/
Source: Cricket archive, 2 October 2012

John Lillywhite (born 10 November 1826 at Hove, Sussex; died 27 October 1874 at St Pancras, London) was an English cricketer and umpire during the game's roundarm era.

John Lillywhite was part of a famous cricketing family, his father being William Lillywhite, a brother being Fred Lillywhite and his cousin being James Lillywhite. In 1863, members of the family established the sports outfitters Lillywhites.

Lillywhite was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm roundarm, both slow and fast.

His known first-class career spanned the 1848 to 1873 seasons. He took 223 wickets in 185 matches @ 11.56 with a best analysis of 8/54. He took five wickets in an innings 12 times and 10 wickets in a match twice. He scored 5127 runs @ 17.43 with a highest score of 138, making two centuries. He took 94 catches.

He served as cricket coach at Rugby School where he nurtured star all-rounder Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian rules football.

At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Lillywhite was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket's first-ever overseas tour when an English team led by George Parr visited North America.


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