William_Patterson_(Kent_cricketer)

William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859)

William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859)

English cricketer

For the Cambridge University and Lancashire cricketer, see William Patterson (cricketer, born 1854).

William Harry Patterson (11 March 1859 – 3 May 1946) was an English amateur cricketer who played during the latter part of the 19th century.[1][2]

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Patterson was educated at Harrow School and Pembroke College, Oxford. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled, he was awarded his cricket Blue at Oxford University in 1880 and 1881. In 1881 he scored a century for Oxford against Cambridge while suffering from a broken finger.[3] He was the joint captain of Kent County Cricket Club between 1890 and 1893.

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  1. [1]
    "William Patterson player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  2. [2]
    Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 428–432. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
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    "Mr W. H. Patterson". The Times. No. 50444. London. 6 May 1946. p. 6.
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