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William Buttress

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William Buttress
Born(1827-11-25)25 November 1827
Cambridge, England
Died25 August 1866(1866-08-25) (aged 38)
Cambridge, England
Spouse
Sarah Mott
(m. 1848)
Children4
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1849–61
1852-53Shropshire

William Buttress (25 November 1827 – 25 August 1866) was an English first-class cricketer active 1849–61 who played for Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire) as a right-arm slow medium pace bowler.

Cricket

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In 17 first-class matches, he took 83 wickets with a best return of seven for 35. He achieved five wickets in an innings nine times and ten in a match twice. He batted right-handed as a tailender and held eleven catches as a fielder.[1]

He played county cricket for Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Devon, Dorset, Cheshire, Bedfordshire and (in 1852–53) Shropshire while being professional at Shrewsbury Cricket Club.[2]

Personal life

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Buttress married Sarah Mott, a laundress, in Cambridge on 25 June 1848. The pair went on to have four children. Researcher Willie Sugg indicates that he was a keen practical joker, and that he struggled financially later for long periods of his career, being apparently assisted by John Walker (a former Cambridge University cricketer).[3]

Buttress was born in Cambridge and died there aged 38, due to tuberculosis.[1][4][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "William Buttress". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications. pp. 9, 41. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  3. ^ a b Sugg, Willie. "William (Billy) Buttress". A History of Cambridgeshire Cricket 1700 - 1890. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "BUTTRESS". Cambridge Independent Press. Cambridgeshire, England. 1 September 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2020.