1. William Whysall was born at Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, and died in a Nottingham hospital.
20 Facts About William Whysall
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William Whysall scored 21,592 career runs at an average of 38.76 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 248 as one of 51 centuries.
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William Whysall was a noted slip fielder and an occasional wicket-keeper.
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William Whysall held 317 career catches and completed 15 stumpings.
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Dodger William Whysall is first recorded on 18 June 1908 in a one-day single innings match at Trent Bridge.
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William Whysall played in several matches for Nottinghamshire's Second XI during the next two seasons, most of them in the Minor Counties Championship.
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William Whysall made his first-class debut on 18 August 1910 when he played for Nottinghamshire against Derbyshire in a County Championship match at the Miners Welfare Ground in Blackwell.
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William Whysall opened the batting with George Gunn and they shared a first wicket partnership of 100.
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Pentelow, the editor of Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game, wrote that William Whysall was one of eleven new first-class players who were "likely to make names for themselves in the future".
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Apart from one innings of 57 in 1911, William Whysall achieved little until July 1913 when he scored 97 against Gloucestershire at Trent Bridge.
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William Whysall made 112 including one six, a five and twelve fours.
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William Whysall made 43 first-class appearances from 1910 to 1914, all for Nottinghamshire, and was becoming a more regular choice for the county team when World War I began on 4 August 1914.
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William Whysall was playing in a County Championship match at The Oval that day, against Surrey.
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William Whysall returned on 5 June 1920 when he was in the Nottinghamshire team for a County Championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley.
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William Whysall had scores of 19 and 7 in the match.
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William Whysall scored 1,852 runs in 1924, including six centuries, at the substantial average of 46.30 and, for his performances that season, he was chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1925.
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William Whysall scored 75 at the Adelaide Oval and 76 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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William Whysall was recalled to the England team for the decisive match of the 1930 series against Australia.
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William Whysall scored only 13 and 10, and was criticised for his lack of mobility in the field, as England lost by an innings.
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Less than three months after his final Test, William Whysall slipped on a dance floor and injured his elbow.