Herbert Whitfeld
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 November 1858 | ||
Place of birth | Hamsey, East Sussex, England | ||
Date of death | 6 May 1909 | (aged 50)||
Place of death | Chailey, East Sussex, England | ||
Position(s) |
Outside-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Cambridge University | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Old Etonians | |||
International career | |||
1879 | England | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Round arm Left-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1878–1881 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1878–1885 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1881–1887 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1880–1889 | I Zingari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 20 May 1878 Cambridge University v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 30 August 1889 I Zingari v Gentlemen of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2011 |
Herbert Whitfeld (15 November 1858 – 6 May 1909) was an English amateur sportsman who played association football and county cricket.
In football, he helped
Early career and education
Whitfeld was born in Hamsey, near Lewes in East Sussex and was educated at Eton where he developed an interest in all forms of sport and played for the college football team in 1877. He was also a member of the college cricket eleven from 1875 to 1877, being captain in his last year.[1]
He went up to
Football career
On leaving university, Whitfeld joined the
In
Whitfeld's solitary England appearance came when he was one of five new players selected for the match against
In
Whitfeld was also a member of the Wanderers, and played in their final match on 18 December 1883.[12]
Cricket career
While he was at Trinity College, Cambridge, Whitfeld represented the university from 1878 to 1881. His first match came against Yorkshire in May 1878 when he scored a duck; despite this, the university won the match by 10 wickets.[13] In June, his unbroken 81 helped the university to a resounding victory over Surrey by an innings and 112 runs.[14] In his first varsity match, he scored a total of 27 runs to help Cambridge defeat Oxford by 238 runs.[15]
He made his first appearance for Sussex against Kent in July 1878, scoring only two runs as Sussex were defeated by an innings and 36 runs.[16]
His only
His first match as captain of Sussex came when he took over from Frederick Greenfield for the county's final match of 1882 against Nottinghamshire; Nottinghamshire won the match by 10 wickets.[18] Whitfield retained the captaincy for the next two years with his final match as captain coming in August 1884, when his 41* was not sufficient to prevent Surrey winning by four wickets.[19]
His first-class cricket career was now coming to an end and he made only one further appearance for the county, in August 1885.
In all, he made 23 appearances for Cambridge University and 39 for Sussex in a career that spanned twelve seasons. He also played for I Zingari and Marylebone Cricket Club as well as other representative sides.[20] His last first-class match was for I Zingari in 1889.[1]
Later career
After leaving university, Whitfeld joined
Family
His brother,
Honours
Old Etonians
- 1879
- 1881
References
- ^ a b c d Ambrose, Don (2004). "Brief profile of Herbert Whitfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Whitfeld, Herbert (WHTT877H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
- ^ "Old Etonians 1 Clapham Rovers 0". FA Cup Final 1879. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
- ^ "Scotland 9–0 Wales". Welsh Football Data Archive. 23 March 1878. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "England 2 – Wales 1". englandstats.com. 18 January 1879. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. 2001. p. 54.
- ^ Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. 2001. pp. 61–62.
- ^ "Old Carthusians 3 Old Etonians 0". FA Cup Final 1881. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ISBN 0-9550496-0-1.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Yorkshire". CricketArchive. 20–22 May 1878. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University". CricketArchive. 13–14 June 1878. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University". CricketArchive. 1–2 July 1878. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Kent v Sussex". CricketArchive. 15–16 July 1878. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Gentlemen of England". CricketArchive. 24–26 May 1880. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Sussex v Nottinghamshire". CricketArchive. 7–9 September 1882. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Sussex". CricketArchive. 8–10 September 1884. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herbert Whitfeld". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Francis Barry Whitfeld". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "George Sulivan Whitfeld". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
External links
- Cricket career at cricketarchive
- Cricket career at cricinfo
- Herbert Whitfield at Englandstats.com
- Herbert Whitfeld at England Football Online