Saul Wade

Saul Wade (8 February 1858 5 November 1931) was an English first-class cricketer, who played sixty six matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1886 to 1890.[1]

Born in Farsley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Wade was a useful all-rounder, being a right-handed batsman and off spin bowler. He scored 1,616 runs at 16.83 in the seventy first-class matches he played in, with a best of 74 not out against Middlesex. He claimed thirty one catches, and took 139 wickets at 18.75, with a best performance of 7 for 28 against Gloucestershire.

He also appeared for M.B. Hawke's XI (1885), North of England (1887), Lord Hawke's XI (1889), L. Hall's XI (1889), Miscellaneous Yorkshire (1887-1890) and Blackpool and District (1893).

He was a leading all-rounder in the Leeds district for several years, before going to Saddleworth C.C. in 1880. He was later a professional in the Lancashire League with Church C.C. and Accrington C.C. Wade subsequently he became a first-class umpire.

Wade died in November 1931 in Oldham, Lancashire, aged 73.

References

  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.

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