Percy White (cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Percy White

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| fullname = Percy Claude White

| birth_date = {{birth date|1868|6|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|10|19|1868|6|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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| date = 26 June 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38835.html ESPNcricinfo

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Percy White (26 June 1868 – 19 October 1946) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland between 1906 and 1908.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38835.html |title=Percy White |accessdate=26 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23097/23097.html |title=Percy White |accessdate=26 June 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}

White made his first-class debut at the age of 38 for Auckland against the touring MCC side in December 1906.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7175.html| title = Auckland v MCC 1906-07| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 1 February 2017}} A last-minute replacement for an unavailable player, he took 6 for 21 in the first innings, varying his pace and length and deceiving the batsmen with his flight.{{cite journal|title=The English Cricketers: The match with Auckland|journal=New Zealand Herald|date=15 December 1906|issue=13361|page= 6|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19061215.2.63|accessdate=1 February 2017}} However, he played only once more.