William Dean (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = William Dean


country = England
fullname = William Henry Dean
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 25
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1928
placeofbirth = Leeds, Yorkshire
countryofbirth = England
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
role = Bowler
club1 = Somerset
year1 = 1952
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 28 May
debutyear1 = 1952
debutfor1 = Somerset
debutagainst1 = India
lastdate1 = 30 May
lastyear1 = 1952
lastfor1 = Somerset
lastagainst1 = India
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 1
runs1 = 21
bat avg1 = 21.00
100s/50s1 = -/-
top score1 = 21
deliveries1 = 60
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = 0/4
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
date = 04 Jun
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3516/3516.html CricketArchive

William Henry Dean, born at Leeds, Yorkshire on November 25, 1928 was a cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in 1952.

Dean was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Along with fellow Yorkshireman Malcolm Walker, he was picked by Somerset for the match against the touring Indian side at County Ground, Taunton from 28 May 1952. Somerset batted first and reached 193 for eight wickets when Dean batted at No 10, joining all-rounder Johnny Lawrence, who had recommended him to the county. [Cite book | title = Somerset Cricket:A Post-War Who's Who | author = David Foot and Ivan Ponting | publisher = Redcliffe Press, Bristol, 1993 | page = p39 |ISBN = 1 872971 23 7] The pair put on 133 for the ninth wicket, only 13 short of the county side's then ninth wicket record, and Lawrence made an unbeaten 103, his first century after six years of county cricket. [Cite book | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | edition = 1953 | chapter = India in England 1952 | publisher = Wisden | page = pp228–229 ] Dean made 21 before being bowled by Vijay Hazare.

When the Indians batted, Dean opened the bowling, but spin bowlers took the wickets. In Somerset's second innings, Dean came in just before the declaration and was unbeaten without scoring. He again failed to take wickets in India's second innings, bowling four overs for just four runs.

This match proved to be Dean's only taste of first-class cricket. Unlike Walker, whose batting had failed but who had taken three wickets, he was not offered a contract by Somerset and he never played first-class cricket again.

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