William Bunce (cricketer)

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William Bunce

Personal information
Full name	William Newman Bunce
Born	(1911-04-17)17 April 1911 Pill, Somerset, England
Died	29 May 1981(1981-05-29) (aged 70) Pill, Somerset, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936–1937	Somerset
First-class debut	16 May 1936 Somerset v Lancashire
Last First-class	2 July 1937 Somerset v New Zealanders
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 14 Runs scored 227 Batting average 12.61 100s/50s –/– Top score 46 Balls bowled 258 Wickets 4 Bowling average 46.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/81 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 January 2011

William Newman Bunce (17 April 1911 – 29 May 1981) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 14 matches in the 1936 and 1937 seasons. He was born and died at Pill, Somerset.

Bunce was a left-handed middle- or lower-order batsman and an occasional right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played in five matches in the 1936 season, all of them away from Somerset, without much success, but did better in his nine games in 1937, scoring 185 runs at an average of 18.50 runs per innings. His highest score came in one of only three home games he played in his Somerset career: against Kent at Bath he batted at No 10 and made 46, putting on 93 with Wally Luckes, who made his maiden century, 121 not out. His only bowling "success" came in his second match in 1936, when he took three wickets for 81 runs in the match against Surrey at The Oval; the success was relative, however, as Surrey amassed a total of 512 in a day and won the match by an innings.