William Barton (16 January 1777 – 7 January 1825) was an English
cricket
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er who played
first-class cricket
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for a large number of sides during the period between 1795 and 1817.
Barton was born at
Finsbury
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The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn ...
in
Middlesex
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in 1777. He is first known to have played cricket for a
Middlesex side in 1793 before making his first-class debut in 1795, playing for Middlesex against an
MCC side at
Lord's Old Ground
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Matches
The first ...
. He made a total of 37 appearances in first-class matches, including 13 for England sides. He played first-class matches for sides representing Middlesex four times,
Surrey
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three times and once each for
Kent
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and
Hampshire
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sides.
[William Barton]
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-04-10. Barton is known to have scored 801 runs, with a highest score of 69, and taken at least seven wickets in his career.
[William Barton]
CricInfo
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. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
Barton died at
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
in London in 1825.
[ His nephew ]Robert Barton
Robert Childers Barton (14 March 1881 – 10 August 1975) was an Anglo-Irish politician, Irish nationalist and farmer who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. His father was Charles William Ba ...
played a single first-class match for a Middlesex side in 1850.Robert Barton
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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English cricketers
English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
Middlesex cricketers
1777 births
1825 deaths
Hampshire cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Kent cricketers
Surrey cricketers
Non-international England cricketers
Epsom cricketers
The Bs cricketers
Gentlemen of England cricketers
R. Leigh's XI cricketers
William Ward's XI cricketers
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