William James Green (1834 – 11 January 1876) was an English

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between 1856 and 1861. He was born at

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in 1834, the son of William and Rebecca Green (''

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'' King).Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 198–199.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)Moore D (1988) ''The History of Kent County Cricket Club'', p. 246. London: Christopher Helm. Green played club cricket for Gravesend Cricket Club regularly and made his debut for Kent against

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in 1856. He made two further first-class appearances for the county, in 1859 against a Middlesex side and in 1861 against

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. In first-class matches he scored a total of 17 runs, with the 12 he scored in his second innings on debut his highest score.Milton H (1999) ''The Bat and Ball Gravesend: a first-class cricket history'', p. 129. Gravesend: Gravesend Cricket Club. William Green
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-19. He played in a Kent trial match in 1860 and in 1865 played for the Players of Kent against the

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in a match at the

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in Gravesend, scoring 23 runs and taking a wicket for his side. A house painter by trade, Green married and had three children with his wife Henrietta. He died at Gravesend in 1876 aged 41.William Green

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. Retrieved 2017-07-19.''Deaths registered in January, February, and March 1876'', p. 186.

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