Sydney Falding

Personal information
Full name Sydney Wheatley Falding
Born 5 May 1891(1891-05-05)
Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England
Died 7 November 1959(1959-11-07) (aged 68)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
1927 West of England
1925–1932 Devon
1921 Northamptonshire
1914 Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 8
Batting average 2.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Balls bowled 240
Wickets 3
Bowling average 56.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/49
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2011

Sydney Wheatley Falding (5 May 1891 – 7 November 1959) was an English cricketer. Falding was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Kirkstall, Yorkshire.

Falding made his debut in county cricket for Lincolnshire in the 1914 Minor Counties Championship, in which played two matches against Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.[1] Following the First World War, Falding made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire against the touring Australians. The Australians scored a mammoth 621 in their first-innings, with Falding taking only the wicket of Warwick Armstrong for the cost of 119 runs.[2] He reappeared in county cricket in 1925, playing for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1925 to 1932, he played 80 matches for Devon.[1] He scored 3,137 runs for Devon at a batting average of 25.29, including several centuries and high score of 162 against Berkshire in 1926.[3] With the ball he took 176 wickets at a bowling average of 18.49.[3] In 1927, he played his final first-class match for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders at the County Ground, Exeter.[4] He took two wickets in the match, those of New Zealand captain Tom Lowry and Ces Dacre.[5]

He died in Leeds, Yorkshire on 7 November 1959.

References

  1. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Sydney Falding". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29341/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Northamptonshire v Australians, 1921". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10154.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Cricinfo profile: Sydney Falding". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12993.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Sydney Falding". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29341/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "West v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12433.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

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