Personal information | ||||
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Full name | William Thomas Langford | |||
Born | 5 October 1875 Hythe, Hampshire, England |
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Died | 20 February 1957 Ospringe, Kent, England |
(aged 81)|||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1902–1908 | Hampshire | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | FC | |||
Matches | 91 | |||
Runs scored | 1,663 | |||
Batting average | 12.99 | |||
100s/50s | –/2 | |||
Top score | 62* | |||
Balls bowled | 12,763 | |||
Wickets | 215 | |||
Bowling average | 26.88 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 5 | |||
10 wickets in match | 2 | |||
Best bowling | 8/82 | |||
Catches/stumpings | 67/– | |||
Source: Cricinfo, 18 February 2010 |
William Thomas Langford (5 October 1875 – 20 February 1957) was an English cricketer. Langford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium pace.
Langford made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1925 County Championship against Leicestershire at Aylestone Road.
Langford played 93 first-class matches for Hampshire, with the 1906 season being his most successful with 66 wickets at a bowling average of 26.46, with one five wicket haul and one ten wicket haul in a match, with best figures of 8/82. Indeed, it can be said that Langford did not have a bad season with the ball in the seasons he represented Hampshire, taking 215 wicket at a bowling average of 26.88 five five wicket hauls and two ten wickets in a match hauls and career best figures of 8/82 against the touring West Indies.
Langford played his final first-class match for Hampshire in 1908 against Middlesex at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth.
As well as his above mentioned ability with the ball, Langford was also a useful batsman. In his 153 innings for Hampshire he scored 1,663 runs at a batting average of 26.88, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 67 in 1904 against Somerset. In the field Longford took 37 catches.
Following his first-class career he was the cricket coach at Tonbridge School, Kent. Langford died at Ospringe, Kent on February 20, 1957.