Lives in Cricket No 36 - WE Astill

183 Some Statistics 19.3-7-34-7 Leicestershire Somerset² Taunton 1929 17-4-33-6 •Leicestershire Glamorgan² Loughborough 1929 34.3-17-35-6 Leicestershire Hampshire¹ Portsmouth 1930 24.4-13-32-7 •Leicestershire Surrey² Leicester 1930 38-4-105-5 Leicestershire Sussex¹ Horsham 1930 27-10-64-5 Leicestershire Worcestershire² Leicester 1930 45.1-13-76-6 •Leicestershire Hampshire¹ Leicester 1930 32-8-93-6 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Trent Bridge 1930 27-11-33-5 Leicestershire Northamptonshire¹ Northampton 1931 26.2-9-36-5 Leicestershire Northamptonshire¹ Leicester 1931 20.4-10-27-5 Leicestershire Glamorgan¹ Leicester 1931 34.2-9-73-5 Leicestershire Essex¹ Leyton 1931 34.4-9-63-5 Leicestershire Somerset¹ Taunton 1932 33.5-8-76-5 Leicestershire Warwickshire¹ Coventry 1932 20.1-5-41-6 Leicestershire Lancashire² Old Trafford 1932 29-3-74-6 Leicestershire Northamptonshire² Northampton 1932 25-5-60-5 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Leicester 1933 45-11-117-5 Leicestershire Worcestershire¹ Leicester 1933 41-13-56-5 Leicestershire Sussex¹ Eastbourne 1933 28-7-66-5 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Leicester 1934 15-0-50-8 •Leicestershire Warwickshire² Edgbaston 1934 46.3-12-126-6 Leicestershire Essex¹ Leicester 1934 11.3-6-16-5 Leicestershire Oxford University² The Parks 1935 28-11-56-5 Leicestershire Warwickshire¹ Edgbaston 1935 19.2-5-51-6 Leicestershire Sussex² Eastbourne 1935 24.1-8-30-7 Leicestershire Northamptonshire¹ Leicester 1936 15.3-5-43-6 Leicestershire Yorkshire¹ Leicester 1936 30.3-8-57-5 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Leicester 1936 46-12-90-5 Leicestershire Hampshire¹ Leicester 1937 Note: Instances where Astill is known to have opened the bowling are shown by ᵒ; there may other instances in second innings where scorebooks or scorecards have not been located. Matches in which he took ten wickets or more are shown by •. Sources: Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack and www.cricketarchive.com