William Snowden (born 27 September 1952) is an English former cricketer.

William Snowden
Personal information
Full name
William Snowden
Born (1952-09-27) 27 September 1952 (age 72)
Whiston, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972–1975Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 37 10
Runs scored 1,413 112
Batting average 21.40 11.20
100s/50s 3/4 –/–
Top score 108* 44
Balls bowled 20 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 September 2019

Snowden was born in September 1952 at Whiston, Lancashire. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby,[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Leicestershire at Fenner's in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1975, making 35 appearances.[3] Playing as a batsman, he scored 1,315 runs in his 35 first-class matches for Cambridge, at an average of 21.20 and a high score of 108 not out.[4] This score, one of three centuries he made, came against Kent in 1973.[5] He also made two first-class appearances for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team, playing against the touring New Zealanders in 1973, and the touring Indians in 1974.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made ten appearances in List A one-day cricket. The first eight of these came for Cambridge University, with four appearances apiece in the 1972 and 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup,[6] with Snowden scoring 88 runs with a high score of 44.[7] He also made two List A appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] After graduating from Cambridge he became a schoolteacher, teaching geography at Harrow School from 1981–2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Merchant Taylors' School celebrates more cricket success". Liverpool Echo. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1988. p. 1175. ISBN 9780521382373.
  3. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Cambridge University v Kent, 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. ^ "List A Matches played by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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