Devon Cricketers 1859-2012

WHITEHEAD, ALBERT EDWARD (1946-49). b 15.5.1900 Denshaw, Yorkshire. d 28.10.1983 Paignton. LHB. OB. Cap (1946). Also Durham (1932), Yorkshire II (1927-29). Club: Torquay (pro). WHITEWAY-WILKINSON, WILLIAM JOHN BICKFORD (1925-29). b 2Q.1903 Newton Abbot. d 3.1.1962 Torquay. Ed: Newton C; U C of South West. LHB. Club: South Devon. WHITTALL, FREDERICK JOHN GORDON (1925-27). b 11.10.1888 Altrincham, Cheshire. d 10.3.1971 Dartmouth. Ed: Bromsgrove S; OU (Worcester). Clubs: Britannia RNC, Dartmouth, Old Bromsgrovians. WHITTINGTON, GODFREY WILLIAM J. (1948). b 19.4.1924 Pontypool, Monmouthshire. d 10.2008 Sidmouth. Rugby (Sidmouth). Club: Sidmouth. WHITTON, ERNEST EDWARD (1926-30). b 13.4.1904 Sidmouth. d 3.2.1987 Sidmouth. Ed: Wellingborough GS. Cap. Club: Sidmouth. WIDGER, BARRY (1961-63). b 16.5.1940 Penzance, Cornwall. Ed: Devonport HS; Loughborough C. RHB. LBG. Brother of R. Club: Plymouth. WIDGER, RICHARD (1971). b 1.8.1943 Penzance, Cornwall. Ed: Devonport HS. RHB. Brother of B. Club: Plymouth. WILKINSON, JOHN WILLIAM (“JACK”) (1936). b 20.4.1892 Dudley, Worcestershire. d 3.8.1967 Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. RHB. Cap (1936). Also Worcestershire (1927). Club: South Devon. WILKINSON, Colonel MONTAGU GRANT (1880). b 13.3.1857 Bombay, India. d 28.11.1943 Bracknell, Berkshire. Ed: Harrow; RMC, Sandhurst. Club: Plymouth Garrison. WILKINSON, ROBERT CHARLES (1901). b 29.12.1871 Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire. d 1.11.1942 Okehampton. Ed: CU (Trinity Hall). Also Huntingdonshire (1893). WILLIAMS, AARON (2004-08). b 28.12.1984 Torquay. Ed: Torquay Boys GS. RHB. RM. Also Dorset (2009-10). Clubs: Barton, Exeter. WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN (“BEN”) (1966-68). RHB. RMF. Club: Torquay. WILLIAMS, Brigadier EDWARD STEPHEN BRUCE (1930). b 2.11.1892 Pinhoe. d 20.1.1977 Winchester, Hampshire. Ed: Winchester; RMC, Sandhurst. RHB. RS. occ WK. Also Combined Services (1922-31), Army (1922-33). Tour: Martineau to Egypt. Club: Rifle Bridge. WILLIAMS, FREDERICK J. (1934-35). b 4Q.1914 Exeter. Ed: Exeter Cathedral Choristers S; Plymouth C. Cap (1935). Brother of L.E. Club: Plymouth. WILLIAMS, JOHN COSWAY (1889-90). b 2Q.1859 Tiverton. d 15.12.1917 Tiverton. Club: Tiverton. WILLIAMS, JEREMY JAMES (1998-2003). b 19.1.1979 Plymouth. Ed: Hele’s S; BirminghamU. RHB. WK. Club: Plympton. WILLIAMS, LEONARD EDWARD (“BILL”) (1925). b 27.9.1907 Exeter. d 14.11.2001 Teignmouth. Ed: Exeter Cathedral Choristers S; Plymouth C. Brother of F.J. Club: Exeter. WILLIAMSON, ARTHUR BASNETT RASTALL (1931). (otherwise known as Arthur Walter Basnett Rastall Williamson). b 5.10.1901 Shaldon. d 14.9.1956 Guildford, Surrey. Ed: Newton C. Club: South Devon. WILLIAMSON, Rev. FREDERICK CLEMENTS (1871-72). b 2Q.1846 Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. d 29.11.1899 Ashford, Middlesex. Ed: St Paul’s S; Rossall; CU (Emmanuel), OU (Pembroke). Club: South Devon Militia. WILLIS, STEVENMARTIN (1991-94). b 19.9.1969 Dawlish. RHB. Clubs: South Devon, Exeter. WILLOW, JACK GWYDION (2002-04). b 20.2.1979 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. RHB. WK. Club: Axminster Town. WILLSON, RONALD HENRY (1959). b 14.7.1933 Seaford, Sussex. Ed: Burgess Hill S. LHB. SLA. Also Sussex (1955-57), Kent II (1953), Rhodesia (1961/62). Club: Torquay (pro). WILSON, BERNARD (1873). b 26.4.1853 Armitage, Rugeley, Staffordshire. d 15.1.1913 Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Ed: Rossall; CU (Trinity). WK. Club: Torquay. WILSON, CLAUDE CUMBERLAND (1928). b 3Q.1888 East Preston, Sussex. d 29.7.1948 Exeter. Ed: Blundell’s. Father of F.J.C. Clubs: Heathcoat, Bradnich. WILSON, FRANCIS JOHN COOKSLEY (1932). b 4Q.1913 Tiverton. Ed: Blundell’s. Rugby (Blackheath). Son of C.C. Club: Blundell’s School. WILSON, Captain (RN) Sir FRANK O’BRIEN (1909). b 30.4.1883 Biarritz, France. d 7.4.1962 Kilima Kiu Ulu, Nairobi, Kenya. Also Royal Navy (1906-09), Europeans (India) (1905/06).