William Baldock (Somerset cricketer)
William Frederick Baldock (1 August 1900 – 30 December 1941) was an English cricketer who played ten first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1920 to 1936. A right-handed batsman, his top-score for Somerset was 63 not out,[1] made against the Indians in 1936.[2]
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| Full name | William Frederick Baldock | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1900 Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1941 (aged 41) Terengganu, British Malaya | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1920–1936 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 2 June 1920 Somerset v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 1 July 1936 Somerset v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||
William Baldock was the son of Colonel William Stanford Baldock and Mary. Baldock was working in Malaya as a Conservator of Forests and was serving as a Private with the 2nd (Selangor) Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force when he died on 30 December 1941, aged 41.
References
- "Player Profile: William Baldock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "Somerset v Indians". CricketArchive. 9 May 1936.
External links
- William Baldock at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- William Baldock at ESPNcricinfo
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