Harold Wild

Harold Wild
Personal information
Full name Harold Wild
Born 3 February 1891
Hadfield, Derbyshire, England
Died 8 August 1977 (aged 86)
Glossop, England
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19131920 Derbyshire
First-class debut 28 June 1913 Derbyshire v Leicestershire
Last First-class 14 August 1920 Derbyshire v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 32
Runs scored 628
Batting average 12.07
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 68
Balls bowled 252
Wickets 2
Bowling average 64.50
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1-3
Catches/stumpings 29/-
Source: , January 2012

Harold Wild (3 February 1891 - 8 August 1977) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1913 and 1920.

Wild was born at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1913 season against Leicestershire in June when he took a wicket and scored 8 and 9. He played two more games in 1913 and a series in the 1914 season. After the First World War, Wild returned to play a full season in 1919 and made his highest score of 68 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Wild alternated between opening the batting and playing in the middle order. In his last game in the 1920 season against Essex he was opening batsman and scored in lower double figures.

Wild was a right-hand batsman and played 59 innings in 32 first class matches with an average of 12.07 and a top score of 68. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 2 first class wickets at an average of 64.50.[1]

Wild died at Glossop, Derbyshire at the age of 86.[2]

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