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Full name William Evans Midwinter
Born June 19, 1851, Lower Meend, St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Died December 3, 1890, Yarra Bend, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria (aged 39 years 167 days)
Major teams Australia,England,Gloucestershire,Marylebone Cricket Club,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
12
21
1
269
37
13.45
0
0
1
10
0
First-class
160
264
27
4534
137*
19.13
3
12
122
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
12
17
1725
605
24
5/78
6/101
25.20
2.10
71.8
1
1
0
First-class
160
23463
7298
419
7/27
17.41
1.86
55.9
27
3
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 15-19, 1877 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 25-Mar 1, 1887 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1874/75 - 1886/87
Profile
Billy Midwinter, who played Test cricket for both England and Australia, was a sound batsman and useful medium-pacer, was born in Gloucestershire, but after emigrating he made his Test debut against England, in the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1876-77. He played eight Tests for Australia, either side of his four appearances for England, which came in Australia in 1881-82. Midwinter was famously kidnapped by WG Grace in 1878, when he was due to play for Australia against Middlesex, but was instead taken to play for Gloucestershire against Surrey at The Oval. He suffered mental problems after the death of his wife and two children, and died in an asylum in Melbourne in 1890.
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