Henry Witchell

Henry Gough Witchell (8 April 1906 24 August 1965) was an English cricketer. Witchell's batting style is unknown. He was born at Dursley, Gloucestershire.

Henry Witchell
Personal information
Full name
Henry Gough Witchell
Born(1906-04-08)8 April 1906
Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Died24 August 1965(1965-08-24) (aged 59)
Cotham Hill, Bristol, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935Minor Counties
19341938Wiltshire
1923Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 9
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s /
Top score 5
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings /
Source: Cricinfo, 22 May 2012

Witchell made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Hampshire in the 1923 County Championship at the Spa Ground, Gloucester.[1] He scored 4 runs in Gloucestershire first-innings, before being dismissed by Alec Kennedy, in what was his only batting innings of a drawn match.[2] Over a decade later he joined Wiltshire, making his debut for the county in the 1934 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI. He played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1934 to 1938, making a further thirteen appearances for the county, the last of which came against Dorset.[3] In 1935, he was selected to play for a combined Minor Counties team, making two first-class appearances against Cambridge University at Fenner's, and Oxford University at the University Parks.[1] He batted in only one of these matches, the first against Cambridge University, scoring 5 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings, before being dismissed by Jahangir Khan, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by John Cameron.[4]

He died at Cotham Hill, Bristol, on 24 August 1965.

References

  1. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Witchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. "Gloucestershire v Hampshire, 1923 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Henry Witchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. "Cambridge University v Minor Counties, 1935". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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