Wilfred Ball

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Wilfred Joseph Ball

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|4|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|7|23|1895|4|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hollowell, Northamptonshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Northamptonshire

| year1 = 1924–1931

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 10

| bat avg1 = 2.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 8

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 17 November

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9502.html Cricinfo

}}

Wilfred Joseph Ball (24 April 1895 – 23 July 1965) was an English cricketer. Ball was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Thrapston, Northamptonshire.

Ball made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire in the 1924 County Championship against Nottinghamshire. Seven years later he returned to county cricket, making three further first-class appearances for the county in the 1931 County Championship against Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Glamorgan.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27653/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Wilfred Ball|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2011}} In his four first-class matches, he just 10 runs at an average of 2.50, with a high score of 8.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27653/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Wilfred Ball|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2011}}

He died at Hollowell, Northamptonshire on 23 July 1965.