David William "Butch" White was an English cricketer who played in two Test matches for England against Pakistan in 1961 and 1962.
25 Facts About Butch White
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David William Butch White was born on 14 December 1935 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
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Butch White met with success, taking 124 wickets at an average of 19.10, with nine five wicket hauls; it was to be the best season of his entire first-class career.
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The 1960 season came in a period where there was "a jittery witch-hunt against chuckers", with Butch White being called three times for chucking by umpire Paul Gibb against Sussex.
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Butch White played a notable batting innings against Oxford University during the season, striking 28 runs from an over bowled by Dan Piachaud, a scoring sequence which contained four successive sixes.
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Butch White scored a quickfire 33 to take Hampshire to victory.
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Butch White made his Test debut in the 1st Test against Pakistan at Lahore on 21 October 1961, opening the bowling.
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On what was a split tour, Butch White did not feature in any of the Test matches against Indian, but did feature in several first-class matches the MCC played.
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Butch White found his opportunities at Test level restricted by competition from Brian Statham and Fred Trueman.
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Butch White claimed a second hat-trick during the season, against Sussex at Hove when he dismissed Denis Foreman, Ken Suttle and Parks; soon after achieving his hat-trick, he suffered a groin injury that prevented him from bowling until later in the match.
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Butch White made 24 appearances in the following season, taking 95 wickets at an average of 23.41, claiming five wickets in an innings on five occasions.
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Butch White was a member of Hampshire's team for their inaugural appearance in List A one-day cricket against Derbyshire in the 1963 Gillette Cup.
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Butch White would take over a hundred wickets in a season for the final time in 1966, taking 109 from 27 matches at an average of 19.75.
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Butch White claimed five wickets in an innings on five occasions, and against Leicestershire at Portsmouth, he took his career best figures of 9 for 44.
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Butch White made seventeen one-day appearances in 1969, helping Hampshire to finish second in the inaugural Player's County League.
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Allowside fellow fast bowler Bob Cottam, Butch White had threatened to leave Hampshire in 1969, unless his wages were bought up into line with Barry Richards; both Cottam and Butch White reached an amicable agreement and remained with Hampshire heading into the 1970s.
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Butch White made ten one-day appearances, taking 16 wickets at an average of 18.50.
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Butch White made one appearance in the 1972 County Championship against Gloucestershire, taking one wicket.
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Butch White was a broad shouldered and muscular right-arm fast bowler, though was not exceptionally tall.
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Butch White ran in energetically from 25 yards, with a delivery stride that the cricket writer John Arlott described as "convulsive".
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Butch White was known for unpredictable streaks of brilliance, though some considered these to appear when the pressure was off.
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In terms of first-class wickets taken for Hampshire, Butch White has the sixth-highest total.
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Butch White later settled in West Sussex, where he coached cricket at Christ's Hospital near Horsham.
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Butch White played golf with a good handicap in later life, and was employed as a marshal at Mannings Heath Golf Club.
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Butch White was a member of the West Sussex Golf Club in Pulborough.