John Lillywhite

John Lillywhite

Personal information
Full name	John Lillywhite
Born	(1826-11-10)10 November 1826 Hove, Sussex, England
Died	27 October 1874(1874-10-27) (aged 47) St Pancras, London, England
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
Relations	Father:William Lillywhite, Brother:Fred Lillywhite, Cousin:James Lillywhite
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1850-1869	Sussex
1851-1864	Middlesex
1856-1860	MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 185 Runs scored 5127 Batting average 17.43 100s/50s 2/13 Top score 138 Balls bowled 7010 Wickets 223 Bowling average 11.56 5 wickets in innings 12 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 8-54 Catches/stumpings 94/
Source: Cricket archive, 2 October 2012

The first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool: standing at left Robert Carpenter, William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer; middle row John Wisden, HH Stephenson, George Parr, James Grundy, Julius Caesar, Thomas Hayward, John Jackson; front row Alfred Diver, John Lillywhite

John Lillywhite (born 10 November 1826 at Hove, Sussex; died 27 October 1874 at St Pancras, London) was an English cricketer and umpire during the game's roundarm era.

John Lillywhite was part of a famous cricketing family, his father being William Lillywhite, a brother being Fred Lillywhite and his cousin being James Lillywhite. In 1863, members of the family established the sports outfitters Lillywhites.^[1]

Lillywhite was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm roundarm, both slow and fast.

His known first-class career spanned the 1848 to 1873 seasons. He took 223 wickets in 185 matches @ 11.56 with a best analysis of 8/54. He took five wickets in an innings 12 times and 10 wickets in a match twice. He scored 5127 runs @ 17.43 with a highest score of 138, making two centuries. He took 94 catches.

At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Lillywhite was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket's first-ever overseas tour when an English team led by George Parr visited North America.

From 1856-1873, Lillywhite umpired in 29 first class matches.^[2]

References

External links

• CricketArchive
• The New York Clipper
• Lillywhite Family Museum

Further reading

• H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926
• Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
• Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866), Lillywhite, 1862-1867
• John Major, More Than A Game, HarperCollins, 2007 – includes the famous 1859 touring team photo taken on board ship at Liverpool