W. White (Middlesex cricketer)

W. White (first name and dates unknown) refers to a professional cricketer who played for Middlesex in the late 18th century. There is confusion about players called White at this time as Middlesex also had Jacob White, perhaps W. White's brother, and a player called Knowles who is believed to have sometimes played under the pseudonym of "White". Unfortunately, the scorecards of the time did not always make clear who was who and have left researchers trying to create complete records with an identification problem.

There are six matches from 1789 to 1797 in which someone called White took part but there is no way of knowing which of the three players was involved. W. White is known to have played in eleven first-class cricket matches from 1787 to 1792.^[1]

References

1. CricketArchive record of unidentified player(s) called White

External links

• CricketArchive record of W White

Further reading

• G. B. Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862