// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's William Sloman? Slo-man, he's slow.
William Henry Sloman (2 December 1871 – 10 August 1926) played first-class cricket for Somerset in four matches in 1895 and 1896.[1] He was born in Launceston, Cornwall and died at South Molton, Devon.
A middle-order batsman, Sloman did well in two first-class matches against university sides in 1895. He scored 48 and 19 in the game against Cambridge University.[2] A week later he made 7 and 15 and took one wicket (in two overs of bowling) against Oxford.[3] But when he returned for two County Championship matches in 1896 he was not successful.
Cricketarchive has on its records a scorecard from a minor cricket match in 1894 between teams of licensed victuallers in which Sloman featured and where he was identified as coming from Minehead.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "William Sloman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Somerset". CricketArchive. 13 May 1895. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Somerset". CricketArchive. 20 May 1895. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ↑ "Scorecard: West Somerset Licensed Victuallers v Bristol Licensed Victuallers". CricketArchive. 28 June 1894. Retrieved 29 April 2011.