| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Augustus Bateman | |||
| Born | 11 September 1866 Fremantle, Western Australia, |
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| Died | 27 July 1935 (aged 68) South Perth, Western Australia, |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1893 | Western Australia | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 2 | |||
| Runs scored | 21 | |||
| Batting average | 7.00 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 20 | |||
| Balls bowled | 108 | |||
| Wickets | 2 | |||
| Bowling average | 35.50 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 2–38 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/0 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 16 April 2010 | ||||
William Augustus 'Bill' Bateman (11 September 1866 – 27 July 1935) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Australian rules football in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA).
Although educated at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Bateman played his two first-class matches for Western Australia, debuting against his former state at the Adelaide Oval in March 1893. He dismissed opener Alfred Wilkinson for 12 and bowled future Test player Clem Hill for a duck with the ball and was then his team's second top run scorer in their first innings with 20 before Ernie Jones trapped him leg before wicket. Western Australia followed on and Bateman was dismissed for just one in the second innings.[1] A few days later he appeared again in a match against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He struggled to have an impact as he failed to take a wicket and scored a duck in his only innings. Bateman didn't get an opportunity in the second innings as he was absent hurt.[2]
Bateman became in influential Australian rules football identity in Western Australia. He spent 10 seasons in the WAFA, playing in an unprecedented eight premierships. As their inaugural captain, Bateman started out at the original Fremantle Football Club in 1885. Two years later they disbanded and he moved to the Unions Football Club, who found themselves taken over by Fremantle in 1890. He was inducted an one of the initial members of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004.[3]