Bill Bourne (cricketer)

Bill Bourne
Personal information
Full name
William Anderson Bourne
Born (1952-11-15) 15 November 1952 (age 72)
Saint Michael, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1970–71Barbados
1973 to 1977Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 60 68
Runs scored 1,325 337
Batting average 21.03 10.53
100s/50s 1/5 0/0
Top score 107 34
Balls bowled 7,977 3,307
Wickets 128 83
Bowling average 32.53 27.84
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/47 4/24
Catches/stumpings 39/– 24/–

William Anderson Bourne (born 15 November 1952) is a Barbadian former first-class cricketer.

An opening bowler and lower-order batsman, Bourne was one of the leading bowlers for the West Indies youth team on their unbeaten tour of England in 1970.[1] He played at first with Barbados and then with Warwickshire during the 1970s. After leaving Warwickshire he moved to Zambia, and represented East Africa in the 1982 ICC Trophy.[2]

Bourne scored his only first-class century against Sussex in 1976, when he went to the wicket with the score at 174 for 7 and added 203 for the eighth wicket with Geoff Humpage.[3] Four days earlier, he had taken his best first-class bowling figures of 6 for 47 against Cambridge University.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wisden 1971, p. 844.
  2. ^ Swain, Martin. "Up for the cup; Bourne for World crack". The Free Library. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ Wisden 1977, pp. 595–96.
  4. ^ "Cambridge University v Warwickshire 1970". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.


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