Daniel Day (cricketer)

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Day
Born	14 June 1807(1807-06-14) Streatham, London, England
Died	22 November 1887(1887-11-22) (aged 80) Southampton, Hampshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm roundarm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1846–1852	Surrey
1842–1845 & 1849–1850	Hampshire (pre-county club)
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	50
Runs scored	395
Batting average	5.56
100s/50s	–/1
Top score	70
Balls bowled	4,309
Wickets	252
Bowling average	11.86
5 wickets in innings	22
10 wickets in match	8
Best bowling	8/?
Catches/stumpings	36/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 April 2010

Daniel Day (14 June 1807 – 22 November 1887) was an English cricketer. Day was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast-medium. Day is widely regarded as one of best bowlers of early English cricket.

In 1842, Day played a key part in the establishment of the Antelope Ground, with Day himself being installed in the Antelope Hotel.^[1]

Day represented pre-county club Hampshire, making his first-class debut in 1842 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. From 1842 to 1850, he played 15 first-class matches for Hampshire. In these matches he scored a single half century score of 70 with the bat against the Marylebone Cricket Club. With the ball he took 96 wickets at a bowling average of 8.42.

Day also represented Surrey from 1846 to 1852, making his debut for the county against Kent. Day played 23 first-class matches for Surrey, taking 133 wickets at an average of 13.97.

Day also played first-class cricket for the All-England Eleven, South of England and the Surrey Club. In his overall first-class career he took 252 wickets from 50 matches at an average of 11.86, with 22 five wicket hauls and 8 ten wicket hauls in a match. Day's exact best bowling figures are unknown, only that his greatest haul in a innings was 8 wickets.

Day also stood as an Umpire in four first-class matches from 1851 to 1865. Day died on 22 November 1887 at Southampton, Hampshire.

References

1. ^ "Antelope Ground, Southampton, England". www.cricinfo.com. http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57308.html. Retrieved 5 June 2010. 

External links

• Daniel Day at Cricinfo
• Daniel Day at CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Day, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 June 1807
Place of birth	Streatham, London
Date of death	22 November 1887
Place of death	Southampton, Hampshire