Country: | England |
Fullname: | William Marillier |
Birth Date: | c. 1832 |
Birth Place: | Harrow, Middlesex, England |
Death Date: | 3 January 1896 (aged 63/64) |
Death Place: | Croydon, Surrey, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 15 |
Bat Avg1: | 3.75 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 11 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 16 August |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17830.html Cricinfo |
William Marillier (c. 1832 – 3 January 1896) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of the Harrow School master J. F. Marillier,[1] he was born at Harrow in 1832. He was educated at Harrow School, before transferring to Haileybury.[2] He was noted for saving the life of an E. W. Craigie while skating in Harrow Park, for which he was awarded.[2] He played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England between 1853 - 56, playing three matches against the Gentlemen of Kent, the Gentlemen of Kent and Surrey and the Gentlemen of Surrey and Sussex.[3] He later became a schoolteacher, holding the post of master of Rotherhithe Grammar School from 1853 - 89, after which he worked as the librarian of Rotherhithe Free Library from 1890 until his death at Croydon in January 1896.[2]