William Baldock (Somerset cricketer)
Appearance
![]() | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | William Frederick Baldock | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, Somerset, England | 1 August 1900||||||||||||||
Died | 30 December 1941 Terengganu, British Malaya | (aged 41)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1920–1936 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 2 June 1920 Somerset v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 1 July 1936 Somerset v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Source: CricketArchive, 20 December 2009 |
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]
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. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
External links
- William Baldock at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- William Baldock at ESPNcricinfo