Oliver White (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Oliver Claude White

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Iver, Buckinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|1|12|1880|3|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Earlswood, Surrey, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

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| club1 = Northamptonshire

| year1 = 1920

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| club2 = Buckinghamshire

| year2 = 1906

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 57

| bat avg1 = 9.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 15*

| deliveries1 = 437

| wickets1 = 10

| bowl avg1 = 27.90

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 27 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22918.html Cricinfo

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Oliver Claude White (11 March 1880 – 12 January 1956) was an English cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born in Iver, Buckinghamshire and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, where he played for the school cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33800/all_teams.html|title=Teams Oliver White played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}

White made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1906 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He made 2 further appearances for the county, both coming in 1906 against Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33800/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Oliver White|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}} Following World War I, White made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Essex in the 1920 County Championship. He made 4 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, all coming in 1920, with his final appearance coming against Essex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33800/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Oliver White|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}} In his 5 first-class matches, he scored 57 runs at an average of 9.50, with a high score of 15*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33800/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Oliver White|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}} With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 27.90, with best figures of 3/49.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33800/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Oliver White|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}

White died in Earlswood, Surrey on 12 January 1956.

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