William Wild (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = William Wild

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = William Wild

| birth_date = 21 February 1846

| birth_place = Thorncombe, Dorset, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1891|1|7|1846|2|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Norwich, Norfolk, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm roundarm-fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1877

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 10

| bat avg1 = 10.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 8

| deliveries1 = 24

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 14 February

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22432.html Cricinfo

}}

William Wild (21 February 1846 — 7 January 1891) was an English first-class cricketer.

Wild was born in February 1846 at Thorncombe, Dorset. He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1877.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6925/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Wild|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs by Fred Morley in Hampshire's first innings, while following-on in their second innings he ended Hampshire's innings of 149 all out unbeaten on 2 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2080.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, 1877|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} As a bowler, he was described by the Hampshire Independent as a "Southampton lad, free and graceful delivery, [with] a good pace".Cricket. Hampshire Independent. 18 May 1864. p. 4 Prior to playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, Wild was summoned to Southampton Police Court in October 1869 on charges of assaulting John Gray, a toll collector on the Itchen Bridge.Southampton Police Court. Hampshire Advertiser. 30 October 1869. pp. 6, 7 Wild later moved to Norfolk, where he worked as a tailor. He died at his residence in Norwich in January 1891, with his wife informing the coroner that leading up to his death he had been suffering from rheumatic fever.Mr. Deputy-Coroner Mills. Eastern Daily Press. 9 January 1891. p. 5