Don Wilson (cricketer)

Don Wilson

Personal information
Full name	Donald Wilson
Born	7 August 1937 (1937-08-07) (age 74) Settle, Yorkshire, England
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	6	422
Runs scored	75	6,230
Batting average	12.50	14.09
100s/50s	–/–	1/10
Top score	42	112
Balls bowled	1472	69,672
Wickets	11	1,189
Bowling average	42.36	21.00
5 wickets in innings	–	50
10 wickets in match	–	8
Best bowling	2/17	8/36
Catches/stumpings	1/–	250/–
Source: [Cricinfp.com],

Donald Wilson (born 7 August 1937, Settle, Yorkshire, England)^[1] is an English former cricketer, who played in six Tests for England from 1964 to 1971. His first-class cricket career (1957–1974)^[2] was spent with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.^[1]

Life and career

Wilson succeeded Johnny Wardle as Yorkshire's left-arm spinner, winning his Yorkshire cap in 1960, and was an integral part of Yorkshire's formidable 1960s side which dominated the County Championship. He was tall and wiry, relying on bounce more than savage side spin, and took 100 wickets in a season five times, including three of the seven seasons he was part of the Championship winning side. He also secured two hat-tricks in 1966.

Derek Underwood owned the left arm spinner's spot in the England side during Wilson's career, but he ventured abroad twice with the national team. He toured India in 1963-64, where he played all five Test matches, and to Australia and New Zealand in 1970-71, where he played against New Zealand, at the end of Ray Illingworth's successful Ashes campaign.^[1] He also played twice for England against the Rest of the World in 1970, after the cancellation of the South Africa tour. These were counted as full Test matches at the time, but were later stripped of their status.

Wilson retired from Yorkshire in 1974,^[2] disillusioned by Geoffrey Boycott's captaincy, and took up the role as the MCC's chief coach at Lord's, a position he held until 1991.^[1] He then continued his life long involvement in the game by returning to Yorkshire, as coach at Ampleforth College.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 188. ISBN 1-869833-21-X. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4. 

External links

• Cricinfo entry

Persondata
Name	Wilson, Don
Alternative names
Short description	English Test and county cricket, coach
Date of birth	7 August 1937
Place of birth	Settle, Yorkshire, England
Date of death
Place of death