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| Full name | William Draper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1848 Penshurst, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 March 1919 (aged 70) Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Henry Draper (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1874-1880 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 13 July 1874 Kent v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 19 August 1880 Kent v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 30 May 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Draper (12 November 1848 – 13 March 1919) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 1874 to 1880.[1]
Draper was born at Penshurst in Kent in 1848.[2] His name was registered at birth as William Drapper.[3] In 1872 he appeared for a Colts of England cricket team and in 1873 represented a side comprising players engaged at Prince's Club.[3]
In 1874 Draper made his first-class debut for Kent playing in their first county match against Derbyshire. He played nine first-class matches in total for the county as a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace deliveries. Draper was a first-class umpire between 1887 and 1898.[3] He died at Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 1919 aged 70.[2]
References
- ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 150–151. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- 1 2 William Draper, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- 1 2 3 William Draper, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-01-22. (subscription required)
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