William Blackman (cricketer)

William Blackman (27 November 1862 – 2 June 1885) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. He was educated at Ardingly College and played 34 times for Sussex between 1881 and 1884.^[1] Suffering from poor health, he then moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he died of tuberculosis at the age of 22 within a few months.

William Blackman

Personal information
Born	(1862-11-27)27 November 1862 Arundel, Sussex, England
Died	2 June 1885(1885-06-02) (aged 22) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1881–1884	Sussex
FC debut	4 July 1881 Sussex v Hampshire
Last FC	8 September 1884 Sussex v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 34 Runs scored 1,070 Batting average 18.44 100s/50s 0/5 Top score 89 Balls bowled 4,438 Wickets 87 Bowling average 21.63 5 wickets in innings 4 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/86 Catches/stumpings 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 January 2009