Dodger Whysall

Dodger Whysall

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	4	371
Runs scored	209	21592
Batting average	29.85	38.76
100s/50s	-/2	51/103
Top score	76	248
Balls bowled	16	201
Wickets	-	6
Bowling average	-	33.33
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	3/49
Catches/stumpings	7/-	317/15
Source: [1],

William Wilfrid "Dodger" Whysall (31 October 1887, Woodborough, Nottinghamshire – 11 November 1930, Nottingham) was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England.

Whysall was a right-handed batsman who did little before the First World War but then developed in the 1920s into a solid and consistent opener in the increasingly successful Nottinghamshire side. He toured Australia as a member of the 1924-25 side, acting as reserve wicket-keeper and playing in three Test matches. He scored 75 at Adelaide and 76 at Melbourne.

After being the leading batsman in Nottinghamshire's County Championship-winning side of 1929, Whysall was recalled to the England Test team for the decisive match of the 1930 series against Australia. The move was not a success. Whysall scored only 13 and 10, and was criticised for his lack of mobility in the field, as England lost by an innings.

Barely two months later, Whysall was dead. He slipped on a dance floor and injured his elbow, and died within two weeks from septicaemia despite a blood transfusion.^[1]

Whysall was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1925.

References

1. ^ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4. 

Persondata
Name	Whysall, Dodger
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 October 1887
Place of birth
Date of death	11 November 1930
Place of death