William Banks (cricketer)

William John Banks (25 April 1822 – 17 January 1901) was a Welsh-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent teams in the 1840s.[1] He was born in Swansea and died at Oxney Court, Dover, Kent.

As a cricketer, Banks was both a batsman and a bowler, though neither his batting nor his bowling style are known and bowling figures for most of his first-class games are incomplete. His highest innings was a score of 38 when he opened the batting with his brother, Edward, for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1845.[2] His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack quoted from Scores and Biographies which described him as "a hard hitter and an active field".[3]

Banks was the grandson of Sir Edward Banks who built the 19th century London Bridge.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "William Banks". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Scorecard: Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 June 1845. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Deaths in 1901". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1902 ed.). Wisden. p. lviii.
  4. ↑ "Death of an old Cricketer". The Times (39168). London. 13 January 1910. p. 15. (subscription required (help)).Reference cites the obituary of his brother.
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