William Antliff

William Norris Antliff (23 August 1848 – 29 April 1909) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1880.

William Antliff

Personal information
Full name	William Norris Antliff
Born	(1848-08-23)23 August 1848 Bottesford, Leicestershire, England
Died	29 April 1909(1909-04-29) (aged 60) Draycott, Derbyshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1880	Derbyshire
FC debut	17 May 1880 Derbyshire v Australians
Last FC	20 May 1880 Derbyshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 17 Batting average 4.25 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 5 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 February 2011

Antliff was born in Bottesford, Leicestershire and became a railway clerk.^[1] He played for Derbyshire Colts against the club in the 1879 season, although he was aged 30 at the time. He played two games for Derbyshire during the 1880 season. The first match was against the touring Australians in May and as it was completed in two days, the sides played an extra one innings match when Antliff made 37. His second first-class appearance was a few days later in a County match against Lancashire.

Antliff was a right-handed batsman playing in or around the opening order. He played four innings in his two first-class matches making a total of 17 runs with a best score of five.^[2]

Antliff was living in 1881 with his wife and children at Litchurch in Derby.^[1] He died in Draycott.

References

1. British Census 1881 RG11 3402/12 p18
2. William Antliff at Cricket Archive