William Edward Colebrooke Hutchings was an English amateur cricketer who played in 24 first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Club at the turn of the twentieth century.
14 Facts About William Hutchings
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William Hutchings served in the Army Service Corps attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I in Egypt and on the Western Front where he was wounded.
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William Hutchings's father was a surgeon and had been a keen cricketer.
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William Hutchings was educated at Tonbridge School where he played in the cricket team between 1896 and 1898, captaining the side in his final year at school.
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William Hutchings represented the school at rackets at Queen's Club in 1898.
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William Hutchings played in two County Championship matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1899, making his first-class cricket debut against Gloucestershire at Blackheath in May before playing again against Nottinghamshire later the same week at Catford.
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William Hutchings played in three Minor Counties Championship matches for Berkshire County Cricket Club in 1901 but did not reappear in first-class cricket until 1905.
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William Hutchings played twelve times the following season, but was less successful, averaging under 20 and passing fifty only once.
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William Hutchings volunteered in August 1915 during the First World War.
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William Hutchings served at with the Motor Transport Depot at Grove Park, London, having given his occupation as chauffeur when he enlisted.
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William Hutchings spent time at the Holt Caterpillar Section at Aldershot before returning to Grove Park and attached as Road Officer of the 36th Brigade of the Royal Garrison Artillery, responsible for organising the movement of large artillery pieces.
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William Hutchings was invalided home and declared unfit for service, relinquishing his commission in July 1919.
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William Hutchings worked for United Brewery at Abingdon-on-Thames in Berkshire and had moved to The Wheatland brewery at Much Wenlock in Shropshire by 1905.
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William Hutchings died at The Mount in Prees near Whitchurch in Shropshire in 1948 aged 68.