William Commerell

William Augustus Commerell (1 October 1822 – 19 November 1858) was an English first-class cricketer.

William Commerell

Personal information
Full name	William Augustus Commerell
Born	1 October 1822 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died	19 November 1858(1858-11-19) (aged 36) Westminster, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1843	Oxford University
1846	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 72 Batting average 8.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 21 Balls bowled 72 Wickets 3 Bowling average 10.33 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/15 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2019

The son of John Williams Commerell and his wife, Sophia Commerell (née Bosanquet),^[1] he was born at Marylebone in October 1822. He was educated at Harrow School,^[2] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.^[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1843, making two appearances at Oxford against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University.^[4] He made further first-class appearances, in 1845 for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent at Canterbury, and in 1846 for the MCC against the Surrey Club and for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent.^[4] After graduating from Oxford, he became a farmer at Slinfold in Sussex and served as a magistrate at Brighton. He died at Westminster in November 1858. His brother was Sir John Edmund Commerell, the Admiral of the Fleet.

References

1. "John Edmund Commerell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32520. Retrieved 22 August 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. p. 36.
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Commerell, William Augustus" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
4. "First-Class Matches played by William Commerell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

• William Commerell at ESPNcricinfo