lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date debutagainst country death_place club batting name debutfor birth_place column debutdate role source type lastyear runs date lastfor s/s matches article_title
london county balls 19 may 1957 1 july 1897 1 11/1 1897 & ndash ; 1901 25 december 1869 warwickshire england wade hill , lancashire , england derbyshire right-handed batsman william wilmot derbyshire denby , ripley , derbyshire , england first-class 31 may wicket-keeper http://cricketarchive.com/players/33/33929/33929.html first-class 1901 155 1869 12 25 yes derbyshire / 10 william wilmot

william wilmot

william wilmot -lrb- 25 december 1869 -- 19 may 1957 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played for derbyshire between 1897 and 1901 .
wilmot was born in denby , ripley , derbyshire , the son of john wilmot , a labourer , and his wife elizabeth .
wilmot made his debut as a wicket-keeper for derbyshire in the 1897 season , against warwickshire and made a good account of himself during his remaining four games for the club during the season .
in the 1898 season , he played for lancashire second xi and returned to the derbyshire team during the 1899 season .
he played one match in the county championship before derbyshire played host to the touring australian cricket team .
despite wilmot finishing not out from seventh in the batting lineup , derbyshire lost by an innings margin , thanks to centuries from the australians ' batsmen hugh trumble , monty noble and joe darling , all of whom were past and future test cricketers for the national side .
there was a two-year gap before his next county championship appearance in the 1901 season when he played one first-class game in july against london county .
wilmot was a wicket-keeper and took eleven catches and one stumping in ten first class matches .
he was a right-handed batsman and played 16 innings with an average of 11.92 and a top score of 25 not out .
wilmot died in wade hill .
