Berkshire Cricketers 1844-2008

WAITES, Commander (RN) GERALD WILLIAM SYDNEY (1947-50). b 2.3.1908 Wandsworth, Surrey. d 20.7.1997 Wandsworth, Surrey. Cap (1947). Also Straits Settlement. Clubs: Newbury, Cross Arrows. WALDER, ALAN DAVID (1984). b 11.1.1954 Cuckfield, Sussex. lhb. Club: Reading. WALKER, DESMOND FRANCIS GEORGE (1947-48). b 16.3.1918 Basford, Nottinghamshire. d 22.4.1971 Pangbourne. ed Magdalen College S; Carre S; OU (St Peter’s Hall). Also Lincolnshire. Hockey (OU (Blue)). Brother of G.W.G. (Lincolnshire). WALTON, ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER (1951-56). b 26.9.1933 Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. d 2.2.2006 Mollymoor, New South Wales, Australia. ed Radley; OU (Lincoln). Also OU (3, Captain 1957), Middlesex (Cap 1957), MCCA (sc), Combined Services, Royal Navy. WATERS, NICHOLAS JOHN (1988). b 29.5.1966 Clevedon, Somerset. ed Taunton S. rhb. lb. Also Somerset II. Club: Finchampstead. WATSON, MICHAEL DIGBY (1936). b 20.9.1918 Dalhousie, India. d 22.1.2001 Chinnor, Oxfordshire. ed Harrow; OU (Balliol). WATTS, ERNEST (ARTHUR) (1896-1908). b 19.3.1872 Woolhampton, Newbury. wk. Football (Reading, Notts County, West Ham United, New Brompton, Clapton Orient). Professional. WATTS, PETERWILLETT (1964-78). b 17.7.1947 Penang, Malaya. ed Bradfield. sla. Also MCC Young Amateurs, Public Schools, Southern Schools. Tour: England Schools to South Africa. Club: Reading. WEBB, Corporal (1904). WELLS, HENRY DOUGLAS (1896-1910). b 2Q.1875 Newbury. Club: Newbury. WEST, CHRISTOPHER (1984). b 1.8.1966 Walthamstow, Essex. rhb. sla. Club: Reading. WEST, PETER J. (1966-70). b 1Q.1935 Windsor. rhb. Club: Maidenhead and Bray. WETHERED, Brigadier HERBERT LAURENCE (1897-99). b 10.1878 Cookham. d 2.1.1953 Hillingdon, Middlesex. ed Radley; RMC Sandhurst. Club: East Lancashire Regiment. WHEBLE, GERALD JOSEPH (1903). b 28.6.1869 Woodley. d 18.3.1943 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Brother of J.W.S. WHEBLE, Captain JAMES WILLIAM ST LAWRENCE (1897-1899). b 29.1.1853 Woodley. ed RMA Woolwich. County Club Honorary Secretary (1902-03). Brother of G.J. Club: Royal Artillery. WHEELER, EDWARD JOHN (1947). b 26.1.1911 Easthampstead. d 2.8.1986 Havant, Hampshire. Also Hampshire II. Club: West Reading. WHICHELOW, HAROLD VICTOR (1908-12). b 4Q.1889 Reading. d 14.1.1913 Reading. Professional Reading School. WHITCOMBE, Major-General PHILIP SIDNEY (1925-33). b 3.10.1893 Windsor. d 9.8.1989 Hindhead, Surrey. ed Winchester. rhb. rfm. Also Essex, Europeans in India, Army. Brother of H.M. (Essex), father of P.A. (Middlesex). Club: Berkshire Gentlemen. WHITEHOUSE, PETER MICHAEL WILLIAM (1935). b 27.4.1917 Birchington, Kent. d 19.11.1943 Torino Di Sangro, Chieti, Italy. ed Marlborough; OU (New). rhb. rm. Also OU, Kent. Hockey (Blue). Raquets (OU (Blue), Amateur Doubles Champion). WHITELEY, ALBERT MORTON (1921-28). b 9.2.1901 Bramley, Yorkshire. d 12.11.1976 Beaumaris, Gwynedd. ed St John’s S, Leatherhead; CU (Caius). Son of A. (Suffolk). WICKENS, EVELYN JOHN (1902). b 2Q.1881 St Pancras, London. d 11.4.1924 Moussy le Neuf, Seine-et-Marne, France. ed OU (Christ Church). Stepson of W.O.Nares. WIGNALL, WILLIAM HAROLD (1946). b 24.12.1908 Harrow, Middlesex. d 1.6.1982 Northwick Park, Harrow, Middlesex. rhb. ra. Also Middlesex, Dorset, MCC Groundstaff. Father of E.W.E. (Gloucestershire). Professional. WILKINS, EDWARD F. (1957-58). b 5.6.1936 Wallingford. ed St Birinus S. rhb. rmf. Club: Huntley and Palmers. WILKINSON, LANCELOT GEORGE WILLIAM (1902). b 3Q.1878 Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. d 31.12.1959 Moffat, Dumfriesshire. Clubs: Reading, Henley. WILLCOCKS, Major HAROLD FRANCIS (1908-13). b 7.1890 Kensington, London. d 7.5.1919 Woolwich, Kent. ed Radley; RMA Woolwich. WILLETT, EGBERT KNOWLDEN (1897). b 3Q.1869 Saffron Walden, Essex. d 10.1.1957 Eccleston, Chester, Cheshire. Club: Windsor Home Park 35