Full name William Prince | 1898 Derbyshire Name William Prince | |
Born 28 March 1868 ( 1868-03-28 ) Somercotes, Derbyshire, England Died 1 June 1948(1948-06-01) (aged 80)
New Ollerton, England Bowling style RIght-arm medium fast bowler First-class debut 11 July 1898 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire | ||
Batting style Right-handed batsman | ||
William Prince (28 March 1868 – 1 June 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898.
Prince was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Prince, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah. In 1881 the family was living at Skegby, Nottingham and Prince himself was a miner at the age of 13.
Prince, with fellow one-timer John Bourne, played one match for Derbyshire in the 1898 season in July against Nottinghamshire. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prince was given little chance to bowl and took no wickets, but conceded just thirteen from nine overs, the best runs-per-over rate for the team during the entire match. He was a right-handed batsman and as a tailender, put on two runs in the first innings and did not bat in the second innings as the match finished as a draw.
Prince died in New Ollerton at the age of 80.