William Lillywhite
William Lillywhite (fourth from right, wearing dark suit) and other members of the All-England Eleven in 1847
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| Full name | Frederick William Lillywhite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 June 1792 Westhampnett, Sussex |
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| Died | 21 August 1854 (aged 62) Islington, London |
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| Nickname | The Nonpareil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm roundarm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1825–1853 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1829 | Surrey (pre county club) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1830–1850 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1842–1845 | Hampshire (pre county club) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1850–1851 | Middlesex (pre county club) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First class debut | 13 June 1825 Sussex XI v Kent XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First class | 25 July 1853 Sussex v England XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricInfo, 14 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick William Lillywhite (13 June 1792 – 21 August 1854) was an English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. One of the main protagonists in the legalisation of roundarm, he was one of the most successful bowlers of his era. His status is borne out by his nickname: The Nonpareil.
Lillywhite's known first-class career spanned the 1825 to 1853 seasons, and he played for Sussex County Cricket Club as well as the Marylebone Cricket Club, and also represented Surrey, Hampshire, and Middlesex in the period before the formation of the current county clubs. Detailed bowling figures for many of his matches are not known: he took 1576 wickets in 237 matches, and took 155 five-wicket-hauls and 55 ten-wicket-hauls. He was an original member of William Clarke's All-England Eleven. Part of a cricketing dynasty, he was the father of John Lillywhite and Fred Lillywhite, and uncle of James Lillywhite.
Lillywhite was born on 13 June 1792 in Westhampnett, near Chichester. Little is known of his early life, with no references to him in a cricketing sense until 11 July 1822, when he is noted in the records of a cricket match which took place in Goodwood Park, in the grounds of Goodwood House near his birthplace. He is recorded later that year as moving to Brighton where he appeared for a local cricket club for two years. He features on a scorecard for West Sussex v East Sussex which took place at Petworth Park on 5 July 1824, where he took four wickets in West Sussex's first innings, and scored 26 runs batting down the order.
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