Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800: The Players and The Records

WEST, – . Oldfield 1794 (2 matches) WESTON, J . Middlesex 1787 (1 match) WHEELER, John . Kent 1773 (1 match) WHEELER, J . (of Highgate, Middlesex). Middlesex 1794-95 (3 matches) WHITE, Jacob Thomas . b. c1764; d. 21-11-1831, Brentford, Middlesex. Related to W. (Hornchurch, Kent and Middlesex) Middlesex 1791 (1 match) WHITE, Thomas . ‘Daddy’. b. 1741, Reigate, Surrey; d. 28-7-1831, Reigate, Surrey. (not to be confused with ‘Shock’ White of Brentford) England, Surrey, Kent 1772-79 (33 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. WHITE, W . Related to J. T. (Middlesex). England, Hornchurch, Kent, Middlesex 1787; 1789-92 (10 matches) WHITE, – . (of Andover, Hampshire). Hampshire 1789-90; 1797 (3 matches) WHITEHEAD, R . Middlesex, MCC 1795; 1798-1800 (14 matches) WILLIAMS, – . MCC 1798 (3 matches) WILSON, – . Select XI 1797 (1 match) WINCHILSEA, George Finch, 9th Earl of (succeeded to title 2-8-1769). b. 4-11-1752, St James’s, Westminster, Middlesex; d. 2-8-1826, Park Lane, Mayfair, Westminster, Middlesex. Buried at Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire. Educated: Eton. President of Hambledon Club 1787 and 1789. He fought in the American Revolutionary War 1776-1780, finishing as a Lieut.-Colonel in the 87th Foot. East Kent, Hampshire, MCC, Middlesex, Old Etonians, Surrey, White Conduit, Select XIs 1786-1798; 1800 (126 matches); 1801-1804 (2 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. WINDSOR, – . Select XI 1788 (1 match) WINTER, Edward . b. 1773, Dartford, Kent; d. 10-3-1830, Dartford, Kent. Oldfield, Kent 1794-96 (7 matches); 1806-1815 (5 matches) WITCHER. – . Hampshire 1797 (1 match) WOMBWELL, Sir George, baronet . (succeeded as 2nd baronet 2-11-1780) b. 14-3-1769; d. 28-10-1846. Educated: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge 1786-90. High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1809. MCC 1792 (1 match) WOOD, John . (of Pirbright, Surrey). bapt. 1-11-1744, Coulsdon, Surrey; buried 12-3-1793, Coulsdon, Surrey. Erroneously called Thomas Wood in S&B. Surrey, England, Hampshire 1772-78; 1780 (23 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. WOOD, John . (of Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent). b. c1745; buried 5-7-1816, Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent. England, Kent, West Kent 1773-76; 1781; 1783 (12 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. WOOD, – . East Kent 1789-90 (2 matches) WOODROFFE, – . England 1799-1800 (4 matches) WOOLDRIDGE, – . Hampshire 1798 (1 match) WYATT, Richard Barnard . b. 1762, Hornchurch, Essex; bapt. 28-6-1764, Romford, Essex. Educated: Eton. White Conduit, Hornchurch, MCC, Old Etonians 1787; 1789-93; 1797 (20 matches) 29