Don Wilson (cricketer)
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Wilson | |||
| Born | 7 August 1937 Settle, Yorkshire, England |
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | English | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 6 | 422 | ||
| Runs scored | 75 | 6,230 | ||
| Batting average | 12.50 | 14.09 | ||
| 100s/50s | –/– | 1/10 | ||
| Top score | 42 | 112 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1472 | 69,672 | ||
| Wickets | 11 | 1,189 | ||
| Bowling average | 42.36 | 21.00 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 50 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | 8 | ||
| Best bowling | 2/17 | 8/36 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 250/– | ||
| Source: [Cricinfp.com], | ||||
Donald Wilson (born 7 August 1937, Settle, Yorkshire, England)[1] is an English former cricketer, who played in six Tests for England from 1964 to 1971. His first-class cricket career (1957–1974)[2] was spent with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[1]
[edit] Life and career
Wilson succeeded Johnny Wardle as Yorkshire's left-arm spinner, winning his Yorkshire cap in 1960, and was an integral part of Yorkshire's formidable 1960s side which dominated the County Championship. He was tall and wiry, relying on bounce more than savage side spin, and took 100 wickets in a season five times, including three of the seven seasons he was part of the Championship winning side. He also secured two hat-tricks in 1966.
Derek Underwood owned the left arm spinner's spot in the England side during Wilson's career, but he ventured abroad twice with the national team. He toured India in 1963-64, where he played all five Test matches, and to Australia and New Zealand in 1970-71, where he played against New Zealand, at the end of Ray Illingworth's successful Ashes campaign.[1] He also played twice for England against the Rest of the World in 1970, after the cancellation of the South Africa tour. These were counted as full Test matches at the time, but were later stripped of their status.
Wilson retired from Yorkshire in 1974,[2] disillusioned by Geoffrey Boycott's captaincy, and took up the role as the MCC's chief coach at Lord's, a position he held until 1991.[1] He then continued his life long involvement in the game by returning to Yorkshire, as coach at Ampleforth College.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 188. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ a b Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
