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| Full name | William Dummer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1847 Petworth, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 May 1922 (aged 74) Roffey, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 7 June 1869 Sussex v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 24 June 1869 Sussex v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Dummer (8 October 1847 – 13 May 1922) was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Sussex in 1869.
Cricket career[edit]
Dummer was born in Petworth, West Sussex, the first son of William Dummer (1819–1877) and Eliza Boxall (1823–1900).[1] He made his debut for Sussex against Surrey at the Kennington Oval on 7 June 1869, when he scored 35 not out in a first innings total of 253, followed by a duck in the second. With Harry Jupp leading the way with a total of 121, Surrey won the match by 6 wickets.[2]
Dummer played in the next two matches for Sussex scoring a further 25 runs in defeats against Kent[3] and Lancashire.[4] Described as a round arm Right-arm fast bowler, Dummer failed to take a wicket in any of his three appearances for Sussex, all of which ended in defeat.
Later life[edit]
He married Hannah, who was born c.1850 at Gaginwell, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In 1881, they were living at Horsham, West Sussex, and Dummer was working as a carpenter.[1]
In the 1901 census, Dummer was described as a Railway Signal Linerman living at Battersea, London, with Hannah and their two youngest children.[1] In all he had four children, William (born Battersea 1874, died Horsham 1882), Charles (born Battersea 1876), Frederick (born New Cross 1877, died 1958) and Ernest (born Horsham 1879, died 1954).[1]
Death[edit]
Dummer died on 13 May 1922, and was buried in the cemetery of Roffey Parish Church, Horsham, where his widow joined him following her death on 30 March 1930.[1] Other sources state that he died at Nichols Town, Southampton on 17 December 1909.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Dummer, Michael (June 2005). "10: The Sussex Dummers – 18th Century". The Family of Dummer (7th ed.). p. 56.
- ^ "Surrey v Sussex; County Match 1869 (Scorecard)". cricketarchive. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Sussex v Kent; County Match 1869 (Scorecard)". cricketarchive. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Lancashire v Sussex; County Match 1869 (Scorecard)". cricketarchive. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "William Dummer: career summary". cricketarchive. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "William Dummer: career summary". cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2009.