| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | William Halton |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1837 |
| Birth Place: | Yarm, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Yorkshire |
| Year1: | 1861–1862 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 112 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.18 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 19 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 25 June |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17159.html Cricinfo |
William Halton (19 January 1837 – 24 April 1885) was an English first-class cricketer.
Halton made his debut in first-class cricket for a combined Yorkshire and Durham cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Stockton-on-Tees in 1858.[1] He made two first-class appearances in 1861 for a United England Eleven against an All England Eleven.[1] In the same season he made his debut for Yorkshire against Surrey at Sheffield, as well as playing for a combined Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricket team against Cambridgeshire.[1] His final three first-class appearances all came for Yorkshire in 1862.[1] Playing in eight first-class matches, Halton scored 112 runs at an average of 10.18, with a high score of 19 not out.[2]
Halton kept an inn in Stockton-on-Tees in the 1860s. After his first wife died, he moved with his second wife to Blackburn, where he worked as a labourer. He died of bronchitis in April 1885.[3]