Wilfrid Timms

English cricketer and schoolteacher

Wilfrid Timms

Personal information
Full name|

Wilfrid Walter Timms

Born| (1902-09-28)28 September 1902
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Died| 30 September 1986(1986-09-30) (aged 84)
Godalming, Surrey, England
Batting| Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1921-1932| Northamptonshire
1922-1925| Cambridge University
Career statistics
| Competition | FC

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Matches | 106
Runs scored | 4083
Batting average | 22.55
100s/50s | 4/22
Top score | 154*
Balls bowled | 179
Wickets | 0
Bowling average | -
5 wickets in innings | -
10 wickets in match | -
Best bowling | -
Catches/stumpings | 25/0

Source: Cricinfo, 27 August 2019

Wilfrid Walter Timms (28 September 1902 - 30 September 1986) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Cambridge University from 1921 to 1932.

Timms made his first-class debut while still a schoolboy at Northampton School for Boys. In his second match, when Northamptonshire followed on 381 in arrears, he scored 154 not out in five and three-quarter hours to save the match.[1]

From 1930 he taught as a schoolmaster at Charterhouse School in Godalming, running the cricket at the school from 1932 to 1946.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Wisden 1987, pp. 1248–49.

## External links

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* Wilfrid Timms at ESPNcricinfo
* Wilfrid Timms at CricketArchive

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