William Lemuel Sidebottom (24 September 1862 – 11 April 1948) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played eight
first-class matches for
Tasmania
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between 1883 and 1895.
Born in
Evandale, Tasmania
Evandale is an historic town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River, 18 km south of Launceston. Named after early colonial explorer and Surveyor-General George Evans, the town is famous for its late-G ...
, south of
Launceston, Sidebottom attended
Launceston Church Grammar School
(Unless the Lord is with us, our labour is in vain)
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, type = Independent, co-educational, day & boarding
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and worked for the Bank of Tasmania in
Lefroy before taking charge of his father's
wattle bark business, which he ran for the rest of his life. He played cricket for
Launceston Cricket Club
Launceston Cricket Club (LCC) is a cricket team which represents the city of Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition. The club was founded in 1841, making it the second oldest cricket club in Tasmania ...
and represented the North of Tasmania from 1879 to 1896 as well as Tasmania. Later he was a prominent racehorse owner in Tasmania.
[
He married Olivia Mary Kent in Launceston in November 1884.]
See also
* List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
References
External links
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1862 births
1948 deaths
People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Tasmania
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