Clem Wilson
{{short description|English cricketer and clergyman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Clem Wilson
| image = Clem Wilson c1895.jpg
| caption = Wildon in about 1895
| country = England
| fullname = Clement Eustace Macro Wilson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|5|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bolsterstone, Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|2|8|1875|5|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Calverhall, Shropshire, England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
Right-arm fast-medium
| international = true
| testdebutagainst = South Africa
| testdebutdate = 14 February
| testdebutyear = 1899
| lasttestdate = 1 April
| lasttestagainst = South Africa
| lasttestyear = 1899
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 42
| bat avg1 = 14.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 18
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 52
| runs2 = 1,665
| bat avg2 = 23.78
| 100s/50s2 = 1/10
| top score2 = 115
| deliveries2 = 5,829
| wickets2 = 125
| bowl avg2 = 18.69
| fivefor2 = 6
| tenfor2 = 2
| best bowling2 = 18.69
| catches/stumpings2= 34/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22466.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 23 July
| year = 2018
}}
The Reverend Clement Eustace Macro Wilson (15 May 1875 – 8 February 1944) was an English amateur first-class cricketer and Church of England clergyman.
Cricket career
Wilson played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1895 and 1898, being university Blue captain in latter year,{{acad|id=WL894CE|name=Wilson, Clement Eustace Macro}} and for Yorkshire between 1896 and 1899.{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=382 }} He also played two Test matches for England, when they toured South Africa in 1898–99.
Background and education
Wilson was born in Bolsterstone, Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Uppingham School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1899, and MA in 1903.
Clergy career
Wilson was ordained deacon in 1899, and priest in 1903. He was curate at Whitby, North Yorkshire, 1901–03; Dunchurch, Warwickshire, 1903–04, and neighbouring Rugby from 1904 to 1909.
From 1910 to 1912 he was, for his first time, Vicar of Calverhall, Shropshire, then from 1912 to 1921 Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire where he was also estate chaplain and librarian to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, and from 1921 to 1925 Vicar of Sand Hutton, North Yorkshire.
He returned to Calverhall again as its Vicar in 1925, holding the living, with that of neighbouring Ightfield from 1928, until his death. He was later also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, in whose diocese the parishes lie.
Rockley Wilson, his brother, also played for Yorkshire and England and an older brother, Rowland, played fleetingly for Cambridge University. His son, David, also played first-class cricket.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=22466}}
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Category:England Test cricketers
Category:20th-century English Anglican priests
Category:Cricketers from Sheffield
Category:People educated at Uppingham School
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