William Thomas Nevell (1916-1978) was an English cricketer active from 1936 to 1947 who played for

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and Surrey before the Second World War and then for

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in the 1946 and 1947 seasons. He appeared in 51 first-class matches as a right arm medium-fast bowler who was a righthanded

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. Nevell was born in Balham,

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on 13 June 1916 and died in

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, Sussex, on 25 August 1978. He took 105 first-class wickets with a best performance of four for 11 and he scored 671 runs with a highest score of 55

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, his sole half-century.William Nevell at CricketArchive
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