Wilfred Payton
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | - |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 491 |
| Runs scored | 22132 |
| Batting average | 34.31 |
| 100s/50s | 39/114 |
| Top score | 169 |
| Balls bowled | 78 |
| Wickets | 1 |
| Bowling average | 68.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 |
| Best Bowling | 1-18 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 148/0 |
| First class debut: July 20, 1905 Last first class game: July 29, 1931 Source: CricketArchive |
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Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton (February 13, 1882 - May 2, 1943) was an English First-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire. His son, almost named Wilfred, followed in his footsteps and played with Nottinghamshire in 1935.
Payton was a right handed middle order batsman and made made 39 hundreds, his first was an innings of 133 against the touring West Indians in 1906.[1] He topped 1000 runs in a season every year from 1921 to 1929 with a best of 1864 runs at 47.79 in 1926.[2] His only first-class wicket was Northamptonshire's Bernard Atkinson.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Nottinghamshire v West Indians 1906. CricketArchive.
- ^ First-class Batting record by season. CricketArchive.
- ^ Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire 1922. CricketArchive.
