William Dible

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = William Dible

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = William Guy Dible

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1894|8|15|1861|11|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Fareham, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1882

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = {{nowrap|1883–1890}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 26

| runs1 = 503

| bat avg1 = 12.89

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 63

| deliveries1 = 4,969

| wickets1 = 90

| bowl avg1 = 22.17

| fivefor1 = 5

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/60

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| date = 14 February

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11890.html Cricinfo

}}

William Guy Dible (5 November 1861 — 15 August 1894) was an English first-class cricketer.

Dible was born in Southampton in November 1861. Dible made his debut in first-class cricket for Surrey against the touring Australians at The Oval in 1882, in what was his only appearance for Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6564/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Dible|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} In 1883, he was engaged by Hampshire,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002941/18830616/083/0005|title=Cricket|work=Hampshire Independent|location=Southampton|page=5|date=16 June 1883|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} debuting for Hampshire in that season against Sussex at Hove, with him taking figures of 5 for 69 in the Sussex first innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2676.html|title=Sussex v Hampshire, County Match 1883|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until the county lost its first-class status at the end of the 1885 season, with Dible making 25 appearances. He had success as an effective right-arm fast bowler, taking 90 wickets at an average of 22.12; he took five wickets in an innings on five occasions and ten wickets in a match once. His career best innings bowling figures were 7 for 60.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6564/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by William Dible|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} As a batsman, he scored 495 runs for Hampshire at an average of 13.37, making one half century score of 68.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6564/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Dible|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} Following the loss of Hampshire's first-class status, he continued to play second-class matches for Hampshire until 1890.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6564/all_teams.html|title=Teams William Dible played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} Dible died at Fareham on 15 August 1894.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004801/18940831/068/0007|title=Death of an old cricketer|work=Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer|location=Portsmouth|page=7|date=31 August 1894|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}