William Baldock | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | William Frederick Baldock |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1900 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, Somerset, England |
Death Place: | Terengganu, British Malaya |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Somerset |
Type1: | First-class |
Debutdate1: | 2 June |
Debutyear1: | 1920 |
Debutfor1: | Somerset |
Debutagainst1: | Oxford University |
Lastdate1: | 1 July |
Lastyear1: | 1936 |
Lastfor1: | Somerset |
Lastagainst1: | Surrey |
Columns: | 1 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 10 |
Runs1: | 238 |
Bat Avg1: | 17.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 63* |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 20 December |
Year: | 2009 |
Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3418/3418.html CricketArchive |
William Frederick Baldock (1 August 1900 – 30 December 1941) was an English cricketer who played ten first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1920 to 1936. A right-handed batsman, his top-score for Somerset was 63 not out,[1] made against the Indians in 1936.[2]
William Baldock was the son of Colonel William Stanford Baldock and Mary. Baldock was working in Malaya as a Conservator of Forests and was serving as a Private with the 2nd (Selangor) Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force when he died on 30 December 1941, aged 41.