William Slinn (13 December 1826 – 19 June 1888) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Sheffield Cricket Club (aka Yorkshire) 1861–62; and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863–64.[1] In other first-class games, he played for the United All-England Eleven (1860), an England "Next XIV" (1860), the North of England (1863), and the All-England Eleven (1864).

Slinn was born in Sheffield and died, aged 61, in June 1888 in Wortley, Leeds. He was a right-arm fast roundarm bowler. He took 111 wickets in his nineteen first-class matches at an average of 13.20 with a best analysis of eight for 33 against Surrey. He took five wickets in an innings nine times, and ten wickets in a match on four occasions. He was less successful as a right-handed batsman, scoring 46 runs at an average of only 2.00, with a best score of 11. When fielding, he held eleven catches.[2][3]

Besides Yorkshire, he played county cricket matches for Buckinghamsire, Rutland, Monmouthshire, Northamptonshire, and a single match in 1865 for Shropshire.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 378. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. ↑ William Slinn at CricketArchive
  3. ↑ William Slinn at ESPNcricinfo
  4. ↑ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 25, 51. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.


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