William Richmond (cricketer)

William Richmond (1 December 1843 – 11 November 1912) was an English cricketer.

Richmond was born at Burnley in Lancashire, the son of a grocer.[1][2] He won awards for athletics as a young man and played club cricket for Burnley Cricket Club, considered as a powerful batsman. He played in a single first-class cricket match for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1868, scoring a single run in his two innings.[2][3]

Richmond was in business in Burnley as a textile machinist. He was a freemason and organist at a non-conformist chapel in the town.[2] He died in 1912 aged 68.[1]

References
  1. William Richmond, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. Ambrose D (2004) Lancashire player number 42 - Richmond, William, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-13. (subscription required)
  3. William Richmond, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-13. (subscription required)


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