William Webb (cricketer, born 1898)
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| Full name | William Louis Taggart Webb | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1898 Camberwell, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1969 (aged 71) Southport, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
William Louis Taggart Webb (6 February 1898 – 3 April 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant.
Webb was born at Camberwell. He first joined the Civil Service in August 1922 as a clerk in the Inland Revenue.[1][2] He represented the Civil Service cricket team in its only appearance in first-class cricket against the touring New Zealanders at Chiswick in 1927.[3] Batting twice during the match, he scored 59 runs in the Civil Service first-innings before being dismissed by Matt Henderson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 17 runs by Roger Blunt.[4]
He later transferred to the Ministry of Labour in November 1929.[5] He died at Southport in April 1969.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 32735". The London Gazette. 4 August 1922.
- ^ "No. 32735". The London Gazette. 4 August 1922.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Webb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Civil Service v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 14598". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 November 1929.