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Full name William Attewell
Born June 12, 1861, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
Died June 11, 1927, Long Eaton, Derbyshire (aged 65 years 364 days)
Major teams England,Nottinghamshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
15
6
150
43*
16.66
0
0
0
9
0
First-class
429
644
68
8083
102
14.03
1
27
364
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
18
2850
626
28
4/42
6/107
22.35
1.31
101.7
2
0
0
First-class
429
108264
29896
1951
9/23
15.32
1.65
55.4
134
27
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1884 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Adelaide, Mar 24-28, 1892 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1881 - 1899
Profile
A cricketer of considerable accomplishments, William Attewell (known
as Dick to his team-mates) was best known as a bowler of unremitting
accuracy and length. He
bowled at medium pace, varying pace, flight and spin cleverly, and
rarely bowled a loose ball. He used his abilities to perfect "off
theory", popular in the 1890s, where he frustrated the batsman by
bowling wide of the off stump to a packed off-side field. He was a
fine fielder in the covers, and a more than useful batsman with a
first-class century to his name (and a double hundred for MCC v
Northumberland). A Nottinghamshire man, he came into the county side
in 1881, and rarely left it until his retirement nineteen years
later. He took 100 wickets in a season ten times, and toured Australia
three times, most successfully in 1887-8.
After retirement he became a first-class umpire, and later the
professional at Shrewsbury School, where a young Neville Cardus was
his assistant. His brother Thomas also played briefly for
Nottinghamshire (DL, 2000).
