William Humphrey (15 September 1843 — 24 February 1918) was an English first-class

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er. Humphrey was born at Mitcham in September 1843. In 1862, he was engaged at Southampton by Hampshire, where he remained for three seasons. In his second season,

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was founded. However, it was for his native

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that he made his debut in first-class cricket, against

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at The Oval in 1864; he made three further first-class appearances for Surrey in 1864, and later in that season he made four first-class appearances for Hampshire (playing two matches each against Middlesex and Sussex; the first match against Sussex was Hampshire County Cricket Club's inaugural first-class match). In eight first-class matches, Humphrey scored 99 runs at an average of 7.61; with the ball, he took 6 wickets with best figures of 3 for 61. Thereafter in 1865, he was engaged at

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or Swaffham, and played minor matches for Norfolk. Humphrey remained in Norfolk in later life, dying at Norwich in February 1918. His brothers,

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, Thomas and John, all played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Humphrey, William 1843 births 1918 deaths People from Mitcham Cricketers from the London Borough of Merton Cricketers from Surrey English cricketers Surrey cricketers Hampshire cricketers