Dorset Cricketers 1845-2016

VALLINS, RONALD HENRY (1946). b 18.8.1910 Bromley, Kent. d 2.11.1983 Saffron Walden, Essex. RHB. RM. Also Cambridgeshire (1951). Club: Poole Park. VAN DER BYL, Dr. FLEMING VOLTELIN (1929). b 12.5.1906 Hove, Sussex. d 4.11.1950 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Ed: Cheltenham; Trinity C, Dublin. Club: Free Foresters. VANSITTART, AUGUSTUS ARTHUR (1845). b 24.7.1824 Bisham, Berkshire. d 17.4.1882 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Ed: Eton; CU (Trinity). Club: Kingston Park. VINE, WILLIAM (1903). b 4Q.1876 Willingdon, Sussex. d 25.9.1946 Camberwell, Surrey. Brother of J. (England, Sussex). Club: Weymouth (pro). VIZARD, Brigadier General ROBERT DAVENPORT (1880-86). b 19.4.1861 Blandford Forum. d 1.9.1941 Kalutara, Ceylon. Ed: Wimbledon S. Also Shropshire (1878), Cheshire (1881), Agra (1889/90). Tour: G.F.Vernon’s XI to Ceylon and India (1890). Clubs: Axminster, Sidmouth, Kingston Park. VOULES, Rev. STIRLING COOKESLEY (1870-72). b 4.1.1843 Middle Chinnock, Somerset. d 6.5.1923 Maida Hill, Middlesex. Ed: Marlborough; OU (Lincoln). RHB. RF(r). Also OU (4, 1863-66), Shropshire (1868), Devon (1871), Somerset (1875-78), Staffordshire (1880-88). Clubs: Kingston Park, Southgate. WACE, LEONARD HENRY (1906). b 10.4.1876 Tonbridge, Kent. d 11.7.1951 Wadhurst, Sussex. Ed: Charterhouse; CU (Pembroke). Football (CU (1)). Club: Bridport. WAGSTAFFE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER (1981-88). b 26.9.1945 Kohat, North West Frontier Province, India. Ed: Rossall; Exeter U; OU (St Edmund Hall). LHB. SLA. County Club Captain (1982-84). Also OU (1, 1972), MCCA (BHC South, 1974), Devon (1972-80, Cap (1973)). Cricket coach Bryanston S. Clubs: unattached, Blandford. WALBRIDGE, SEAN RICHARD (1991-2003). b 17.6.1969 Weymouth. Ed: The Thomas Hardye S, Dorchester. RHB. SLA. Cap (1992). Also Gloucestershire II (1991). Clubs: Dorchester, Bournemouth. WALBY, EDWARD CECIL (“CHARLIE”) (1910-28). b 28.1.1883 Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. d 2Q.1967 Weymouth. RS. Groundsman/Professional for Lord Shaftesbury. Clubs: Bridport (pro), Wimborne St Giles (pro). WALFORD, MICHAEL MOORE (“MICKEY”) (1954-62). b 27.11.1915 Norton, Stockton-on- Tees, Co. Durham. d 16.1.2002 Sherborne. Ed: Rugby S; OU (Trinity). RHB. SLA. Cap (1956). Also OU (2, 1935-38), Durham (1935-37), Somerset (1946-53, Cap (1946)). MCCA (sc, 1956). Tours: Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Jamaica (1938); MCC to Canada (1951). Rugby (OU, 3). Hockey (Great Britain (Olympic Games), England (17), Dorset, OU (3)). Cricket coach Sherborne S. Club: Sherborne. WALLER, MAX THOMAS CHARLES (2007-16). b 3.3.1988 Salisbury, Wiltshire. Ed: Millfield S; Bournemouth U. RHB. LB. Also Somerset (2009-16), Gloucestershire II (2006). Tour: Somerset to India (Champions League, 2009, 2011). Clubs: Taunton, Torquay. WALLINGTON, Sir EDWARD WILLIAM (1873-77). b 7.12.1854 Oakley Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire. d 12.12.1933 Widcombe, Bath, Somerset. Ed: Sherborne; OU (Oriel). RHB. RS(u). Also OU (1, 1875-77), Melbourne (1879/80), Victoria (1880/81), Wiltshire (1874-85). Great nephew of J.C. (Sussex, Hampshire). Clubs: Sherborne S, Wiltshire Wanderers, Oriel C, Harlequins. WALLS, ERIC THOMAS (1951). b 11.8.1918 Cuckfield, Sussex. d 21.9.1981 Parkstone. Ed: Parkstone GS. Club: Old Parkstonians. WALTHAM, JOHN (1946). b 1Q.1912 Broomfield, Bridgwater, Somerset. d 1.11.2007 Elliscombe House Nursing Home, Higher Holton, Somerset. Club: Sherborne. WARD, Major EDMUND IRONSIDE (1896-97). b 19.5.1868 Barrackpore, Calcutta, India. d 20.3.1935 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Ed: Cheltenham; RMC, Sandhurst. WARNER, JEREMY DENYS JOSEPH (“JEM”) (2015-16). b 25.12.1996 Wexham Park, Berkshire. Ed: The Purbeck S, Wareham. RHB. LB. Clubs: Egham, Bournemouth. WARREN, ARTHUR EDMUND (1933-51). b 15.9.1910 Sturminster Marshall. d 28.3.1973 Poole. Ed: Queen Elizabeth’s GS, Wimborne Minster; U C Southampton. Also UAU (1933). Hockey (Dorset). Club: Blandford. 43