Bill Caesar

William Cecil Caesar (25 November 1899 at Clapham, London – 5 April 1988 at Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey), played first-class cricket for Surrey in one match in 1922 and then, 24 years later, in three matches for Somerset in 1946.

Bill Caesar
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Cecil Caesar
Born(1899-11-25)25 November 1899
Clapham, London, England
Died5 April 1988(1988-04-05) (aged 88)
Richmond, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight-arm medium-(fast)
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922Surrey
1946Somerset
First-class debut1 June 1922 Surrey v Scotland
Last First-class6 August 1946 Somerset v Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 14
Batting average 4.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled 606
Wickets 10
Bowling average 25.20
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/59
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 January 2010

Cricket career

Caesar was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler, "distinctly quick" in his younger days, said his obituary in Wisden.[1] He was picked in a reduced-strength Surrey side for a first-class match against Scotland in June 1922, not batting and failing to take a wicket in 14 overs. Across the following years, he played on occasion for Surrey's second eleven in the Minor Counties Championship and for the Civil Service cricket team in minor matches.[2][3]

Then, in 1946, "no more than military medium and of comfortable build by then", says one account, he played three matches for Somerset.[4] Wisden described him at this stage as a "Bath amateur".[5] In his first game for Somerset, against Leicestershire at Melton Mowbray, he scored 5 not out and then 7, and these were his highest batting scores in first-class cricket; in Leicestershire's innings, he took two for 11 and four for 59, and these were the best bowling returns of his career.[6]

Football career

Caesar was also a well-known amateur football player and played for the England international team, as well as for Football League teams such as Darlington, Fulham and Brentford.[1][7]

References
  1. "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1989 ed.). Wisden. p. 1157.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Caesar". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. "Other matches played by Bill Caesar". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  4. David Foot & Ivan Ponting. Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 25. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.
  5. "Leicestershire in 1946". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1947 ed.). Wisden. p. 335.
  6. "Scorecard: Leicestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1 June 1946. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  7. "Caesar Bill Image 1 Dulwich Hamlet 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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