William Chatterton

For Sir William Abraham Chatterton, 2nd Baronet, of the Chatterton baronets, see Chatterton baronets.

William Chatterton

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Personal information
Full name	William Chatterton
Born	(1861-12-27)27 December 1861 Thornsett, England
Died	Hyde, Greater Manchester, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm slow
Role	Derbyshire captain 1887–1889
International information
National side	England
Test debut	19 March 1892 v South Africa
Last Test	22 March 1892 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1882–1902	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 289 Runs scored 48 10914 Batting average 48.00 23.17 100s/50s 8/53 Top score 169 Balls bowled 11896 Wickets 208 Bowling average 21.46 5 wickets in innings – 4 10 wickets in match – 1 Best bowling 6/42 Catches/stumpings 0/– 239/4
Source: [1], 31 January 2010

William Chatterton (27 December 1861 – 19 March 1913) was an English cricketer and footballer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1902 and for England in 1891/2. He captained Derbyshire between 1887 and 1889 and scored over 10,000 runs in his first-class career as well as taking over 200 wickets. He played football for Derby County, being one of 19 sportsmen to achieve the Derbyshire Double of playing cricket for Derbyshire and football for Derby County.

Chatterton was born at Thornsett, Birch Vale, Derbyshire, the son of David Chatterton, a cotton mill fireman, and his wife Hannah. In 1881 he was a cotton carrier in the mills at Newton Cheshire. He started playing cricket for Derbyshire in the 1882 season and football for Derby County in 1884.

Chatterton was an inside-forward and played in Derby County's first FA Cup tie against Walsall Town on 8 November 1884, which Derby County lost 7–0. He played many games for the club before the Football League was formed in 1888. He then made five League appearances for Derby County in the first Football League season of 1888–89.

Chatterton was captain of Derbyshire cricket from 1887 to 1889. The club was demoted from first-class status before the 1888 season. In 1891–92 Chatterton toured South Africa. Although it was a winter in which two England sides toured (the other one to Australia), but later the representative games there were raised to Test match status, which meant that Chatterton played one Test match. Chatterton was considered to be almost single-handedly responsible for Derbyshire regaining first-class status in the 1894 season. He finished his cricketing career for Derbyshire in the 1902 season.

Chatterton died of consumption at Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire, in 1913.

See also

• List of English cricket and football players

References

• Cricinfo page on William Chatterton
• CricketArchive page on William Chatterton
• A profile of William Chatterton by Dave Liverman

Sporting positions
Preceded by Edmund Maynard	Derbyshire cricket captains 1887–1889	Succeeded by Fred Spofforth