William Slinn
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William Slinn was a first class cricketer who played for Yorkshire as a pre county club from 1861 to 1862, for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1863 and 1864 and in other first class games for the United England Eleven (1860), England Next XIV (1860), North of England (1863) and the All England Eleven (1864).
He was born on December 13, 1826 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where he died on June 19, 1888 in Wortley.
A right arm, round arm, fast bowler, he took a remarkable 111 wickets in his 19 games at just 13.2. His best bowling was 8 for 33 against Surrey CCC. He took 5 wickets in an innings 9 times and 10 wickets in a match on 4 occasions. He was less successful as a right handed batsman, scoring just 46 runs at an average of 2 with a best of 11. Next to his bosom pal Ikey Hodgson, with was the worst and most reluctant batsman of his era. He took 11 catches.
