William Rose (cricketer, born 1842)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = William Molyneux Rose

| birth_date = 20 September 1842

| birth_place = Wolston, Warwickshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1917|1|13|1842|9|20}}

| death_place = Wolston, Warwickshire, England

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| nickname = Billy the blue-blooded buck{{cite book |title=W.G Grace: In the Steps of a Legend |date=2015 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |first=Anthony |last=Meredith |pages=81–2 |isbn=978-1445617961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOAgCwAAQBAJ |language=en}}

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1867

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 35

| bat avg1 = 4.37

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 9

| deliveries1 = 512

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 9.52

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 8/71

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| date = 9 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19823.html Cricinfo

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William Molyneux Rose (20 September 1842 – 13 January 1917) was an English first-class cricketer.

Rose was born in September 1842 at Wolston, Warwickshire. He was educated at Eton College.{{cite book |title=Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9 |first=E. P. |last=Williams |date=1864 |pages=290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5BPAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} After leaving Eton, Rose purchased the rank of ensign in the 32nd Foot in July 1860.{{London Gazette|issue=22406|date=24 July 1860|page=2721}} He resigned his commission in May 1865.{{London Gazette|issue=22967|date=9 May 1865|page=2432}} He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against the Professionals of Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1867. He made three further first-class appearances in 1867, playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Surrey, for the South of the Thames in the North of the Thames v South of the Thames fixture, and once more for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32490/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Rose |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-09 |url-access=subscription}} He made his next first-class appearance in 1870 for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent, before making two first-class appearances in 1871, with Rose appearing for the North in the North v South fixture, and for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent. A right-arm slow lob bowler, he took 23 wickets at an average of 9.52, with best figures of 8 for 71, which was one of two five wicket hauls he took in first-class cricket, alongside taking ten wickets in a match once.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32490/32490.html |title=Player profile: William Rose |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-08 |url-access=subscription}} Rose died at Wolston in January 1917.