William Michael Eastwood White,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(22 May 1913 – 15 February 2003) was an English cricketer active from 1937 to 1949 who played for

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(Northants). He was born in

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on 22 May 1913 and died in

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on 15 February 2003. From 1924 to 1932, White was educated at Dover County School for Boys (now Dover Grammar School for Boys), then from 1933 to 1937 at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. During the 1930s, in addition to his cricket interests White also played rugby for Dover town. White appeared in 21 first-class matches as a righthanded

batsman In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...

who

bowled In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batsman. Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (Th ...

right arm medium fast. He scored 398 runs with a highest score of 48 and took 42

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

s with a best performance of four for 67. In the 1960s, Brigadier White was appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen,He relinquished his appointment on the 24th October 1969 when he retired: 'Tuesday, 28th October 1969. Ministry of Defence. Army Department' in ''Supplement to The London Gazette'' Friday 24th October 1969, no. 44963 and appointed a CBE in the

1966 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1966 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the ''Lond ...

list.

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1913 births 2003 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers People from Surrey (before 1965) Cambridge University cricketers British Army cricketers Combined Services cricketers Sportspeople from Dover, Kent People educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys People from Dover, Kent {{england-cricket-bio-1910s-stub