William Sime

William Sime

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 96 Runs scored 2473 Batting average 20.43 100s/50s 1/12 Top score 176* Balls bowled 5124 Wickets 49 Bowling average 46.93 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4-51 Catches/stumpings 55/0
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William Arnold Sime CMG MBE QC (8 February 1909, Wepener, Orange River Colony, South Africa; died 5 May 1983, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England) was a South African-born English barrister and judge who also played first-class cricket. Educated at Bedford School and at Balliol College, Oxford, he was a right-hand batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.^[1]

He played first class matches for the Minor Counties between 1929 and 1934, and Oxford University in 1931. He then joined Nottinghamshire in 1935 and stayed with them until 1950, captaining the club in his final three years.^[2]

He was Recorder of Grantham and was appointed a Circuit Judge in 1972.^[3]

References

1. "Trent Bridge - History". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. "The Home of CricketArchive". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. Wisden 1984, p. 1209.

External links

• William Sime at Cricinfo
• William Sime at Cricket Archive