Cecil Butcher

Cecil Butcher

Personal information
Full name	Cecil Frank Butcher
Born	31 October 1872 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	22 March 1929 (aged 56) Portslade, Sussex, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1894–1896	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 36 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 13 Balls bowled 715 Wickets 9 Bowling average 39.44 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/107 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2012

Cecil Frank Butcher (31 October 1872 – 22 March 1929) was an English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Brighton, Sussex.

Butcher made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1894 County Championship at the County Ground, Hove. He made five further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Lancashire in 1896 County Championship.^[1] Smith's role in a team was a bowler, in his six first-class matches for Sussex he took 9 wickets at an average of 39.44, with best figures of 3/107.^[2] With the bat, he scored 36 runs at an average of 3.00, with a high score of 13.^[3]

He died at Portslade, Sussex, on 22 March 1929.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Cecil Butcher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Cecil Butcher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cecil Butcher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

External links

• Cecil Butcher at ESPNcricinfo
• Cecil Butcher at CricketArchive