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Bill Patrick
	Patrick in 1929
Personal information
Full name	William Robert Patrick
Born	17 June 1885; Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	14 August 1946 (aged 61); Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Domestic team information
1905/06–1926/27	Canterbury
1917/18	Otago
Career statistics
Matches	74
Runs scored	3,536
Batting average	27.20
100s/50s	4/18
Top score	143
Balls bowled	1,945
Wickets	34
Bowling average	31.97
5 wickets in innings	2
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	6/36
Catches/stumpings	38/–
	Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 June 2023

William Robert Patrick (17 June 1885 – 14 August 1946) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury between the 1905–06 and 1926–27 seasons,^[1] and captained New Zealand in the 1920s, before New Zealand played Test cricket.^[2]

Patrick was born at Christchurch in 1885. He played 58 of his 74 first-class matches for Canterbury, captaining the side frequently, and made 12 appearances for New Zealand XIs as well as playing in two wartime matches for Otago in 1917–18, both against Canterbury.^[3] He later coached the Southland cricket academy and was a New Zealand selector for the 1927 tour of England. Professionally he was a dealer in sports goods.^[4]^[5] He died at Christchurch in 1946 aged 61.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bill Patrick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "Coach for Southland". Auckland Star: 16. 31 October 1934.
^ Bill Patrick, CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2023. (subscription required)
^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 105. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
^ Patrick, Mr WR, Supplemental obituary, Obituaries in 1948, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1949.