12 Facts About William Chatterton

William Chatterton was an English cricketer and footballer.

William Chatterton captained Derbyshire between 1887 and 1889 and scored over 10,000 runs in his first-class career as well as taking over 200 wickets.

William Chatterton played football for Derby County, being one of 19 sportsmen to achieve the Derbyshire Double of playing cricket for Derbyshire and football for Derby County.

William Chatterton started playing cricket for Derbyshire in the 1882 season and football for Derby County in 1884.

William Chatterton was captain of Derbyshire cricket from 1887 to 1889.

William Chatterton was the team's outstanding batsman on the tour, scoring 955 runs in all matches at an average of 41.52.

William Chatterton was considered to be almost single-handedly responsible for Derbyshire regaining first-class status in the 1894 season.

William Chatterton finished his cricketing career for Derbyshire in the 1902 season.

William Chatterton played many games for the club before the Football League was formed in 1888.

William Chatterton scored his debut and only League goal at County Ground, the then home of Derby County, on 20 October 1888.

William Chatterton was 26 years 298 days old when scoring his debut League goal which made him, on that seventh week of League football, Derby County's oldest player.

William Chatterton died of tuberculosis at Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire, in 1913.