Batting style Right-handed Name Archie Wickham 1876–1878 Oxford University | Role Wicket-keeper Bowling style Unknown | |
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Full name Archdale Palmer Wickham Born 9 November 1855 ( 1855-11-09 ) South Holmwood, Surrey, England Died 13 October 1935(1935-10-13) (aged 79)
Highbridge, Somerset, England | ||
Archdale Palmer Wickham (9 November 1855 – 13 October 1935) was a first-class cricketer who played 82 matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1907. He also played for a number of representative teams and for Oxford University, and played second-class cricket for Norfolk County Cricket Club from 1881 to 1890. A wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman, he scored 760 career first-class runs, and claimed 90 catches and 60 stumpings.
Personal life
Wickham was educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford. He then prepared for the priesthood at Leeds Clergy School and was ordained. After three curacies he was vicar of Martock, Somerset, 1888–1911 and a prebendary of Wells Cathedral 1904–11. He was then vicar of East Brent, Somerset, from 1911 until his death in 1935.