| William Kendle | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | William James Kendle |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Romsey, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Woodsford, Dorset, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Family: | Charles Kendle (brother |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1869–1878 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 66 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 29 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 22 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15853.html Cricinfo |
William James Kendle (9 April 1847 — 30 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of W. T. Kendle, he was born at Broadlands near Romsey in April 1847. Kendle was educated at Sherborne School,[1] before matriculating to Caius College, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not play at first-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket for Hampshire during his studies, making a single appearance against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton in 1869.[3] After graduating from Cambridge, he was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon at Ripon Cathedral in 1871. Later that same year he took up the post of curate at Elland, which he held until 1881.[2] Despite his ecclesiastical duties in the North of England, Kendle still found the time to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, making one appearance in 1875 and three in 1878.[2] In five first-class matches for Hampshire, he scored 66 runs at an average of 7.33, with a highest score of 29.[4]
In 1881, he moved to Dorset where he was chaplain of the Dorset County Asylum until 1882. From there, he spent a year as curate of Wimborne St Giles,[2] prior to being appointed vicar at Aspall in Suffolk in 1886.[1] The following year, he was appointed reverend of Woodsford with Tincleton in 1887; he held this post for 33 years.[2] While in Dorset, he rekindled his association with Sherborne School by serving as honorary secretary of the Old Shirburnians Cricket Club.[1] Kendle died at Woodford in January 1920.[5] His brother, Charles Kendle, was also a first-class cricketer.