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Full name Willie Bates
Born November 19, 1855, Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Died January 8, 1900, Lepton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (aged 44 years 50 days)
Major teams England,Yorkshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
26
2
656
64
27.33
0
5
4
9
0
First-class
299
495
20
10249
144*
21.57
10
47
238
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
23
2364
821
50
7/28
14/102
16.42
2.08
47.2
2
4
1
First-class
299
61033
14979
874
8/21
17.13
1.47
69.8
52
10
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 31, 1881 - Jan 4, 1882 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 25-Mar 1, 1887 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1877 - 1887
Profile
The tragic Willie Bates, whose luminous career was cut short by a freak injury in Australia in 1887-88. Bates was bowling his offspinners in the nets when a straight-drive hit him in the face, damaging his eyesight so badly that he never played first-class cricket again. After that, he became depressed and attempted suicide. Bates took 50 wickets in 15 Tests (all of which he played in Australia) at a startling average of 16.42. His finest hour came at Melbourne in 1882-83, when he took 7 for 28 (including the first Test hat-trick by an Englishman) and 7 for 74 as England hammered Australia by an innings. As a batsman he made ten first-class hundreds, and was good enough to open for England. He died in Yorkshire in 1900, aged only 45.
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