| William Prince | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | William Prince |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Somercotes, Derbyshire, England |
| Death Place: | New Ollerton, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | RIght-arm medium-fast |
| Year1: | 1898 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 11 July |
| Debutyear1: | 1898 |
| Debutfor1: | Derbyshire |
| Debutagainst1: | Nottinghamshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 2 |
| Bat Avg1: | – |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 2* |
| Deliveries1: | 125 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | April |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32192/32192.html CricketArchive |
William Prince (28 March 1868 - 1 June 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898.
Prince was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Prince, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah. In 1881 the family was living at Skegby, Nottingham and Prince himself was a miner at the age of 13.[1]
Prince, with fellow one-timer John Bourne, played one match for Derbyshire in the 1898 season in July against Nottinghamshire. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prince was given little chance to bowl and took no wickets, but conceded just thirteen from nine overs, the best runs-per-over rate for the team during the entire match. He was a right-handed batsman and as a tailender, put on two runs in the first innings and did not bat in the second innings as the match finished as a draw.[2]
Prince died in New Ollerton at the age of 80.