William Whysall: Difference between revisions

At the end of the 1910 season, J. N. Pentelow, the editor of ''[[Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game]]'', wrote that Whysall was one of eleven new first-class players who were "likely to make names for themselves in the future".<ref name="C856427">[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1910/434/index.html "The First-Class Season of 1910"], ''Cricket'', issue 856, 22 September 1910, p. 427.</ref> Apart from one innings of 57 in 1911, Whysall achieved little until July 1913 when he scored 97 against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] at Trent Bridge. The report in ''Cricket'' says he hit ten [[boundary (cricket)|boundaries]] and was "distinctly unlucky in skying the ball when only three short of his hundred".<ref name="C937443">[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1913/451/index.html "Notts v Gloucestershire"], ''Cricket'', issue 937, 26 July 1913, p. 443.</ref> Whysall finally achieved his maiden [[century (cricket)|century]] in the opening match of the [[1914 English cricket season|1914 season]] when Nottinghamshire played [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Lord's]] on 6–8 May. Batting at number four in the order, Whysall joined [[Garnet Lee]] at 134/2 and they built a third wicket partnership of 175 in just 95 minutes. Whysall made 112 including one six, a five and twelve fours.<ref name="WC7155">[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1914/185/index.html "MCC v Nottinghamshire"], ''The World of Cricket'', issue 7, 16 May 1914, p. 155.</ref>

 

 

===1920s===