William White (field hockey)
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| Full name | William Neil White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1920 Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1948 London | Team competition |
William Neil White (2 May 1920 – 19 February 1990) was a Scottish sportsman who played first-class cricket and field hockey. White was born at Troon, Ayrshire and died at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Cricket
White was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
In 1947, White made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. From 1947 to 1949, he represented the county in 11 Minor Counties matches, with his final match for the county coming against Lincolnshire.[1]
He also played 2 first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1948 against the Free Foresters and Gloucestershire.[2] In his 2 first-class matches, he scored 19 runs at a batting average of 6.33, with a high score of 19.[3] With the ball, he took 4 wickets at bowling average of 26.50, with best figures of 4/16.[4]
Field hockey
White represented Great Britain in field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics. A member of the British field hockey team which won the silver medal, he played four matches including the final, as forward.
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- Pages with reference errors
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- 1920 births
- 1990 deaths
- British field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Male field hockey players
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- People from Troon
- Scottish cricketers
- Cambridgeshire cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
