# Bill Caesar

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**William Cecil Caesar** (25 November 1899 – 5 April 1988) was an English [first-class cricketer](/source/First-class_cricket) who played for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) in one match in 1922 and then, 24 years later, in three matches for [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in 1946.

## 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](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack).[1] He was picked in a reduced-strength Surrey side for a first-class match against [Scotland](/source/Scottish_national_cricket_team) 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](/source/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](/source/Bath,_Somerset) amateur".[5] In his first game for Somerset, against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) at [Melton Mowbray](/source/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](/source/England_national_amateur_football_team), as well as for [Football League](/source/Football_League) teams such as [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.), [Fulham](/source/Fulham_F.C.) and [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.).[1][7]

## References

1. "Obituaries". *[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)*. 1989 ed. [Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack). p. 1157.

1. ["Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Caesar"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3476/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html). www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

1. ["Other matches played by Bill Caesar"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3476/Miscellaneous_Matches.html). www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

1. David Foot & Ivan Ponting (1993). *Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who*. 1993 ed. Redcliffe Books. p. 25. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.

1. "Leicestershire in 1946". *[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)*. 1947 ed. [Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack). p. 335.

1. ["Scorecard: Leicestershire v Somerset"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17644.html). www.cricketarchive.com. 1 June 1946. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

1. ["Caesar Bill Image 1 Dulwich Hamlet 1922"](http://vintagefootballers.com/product/caesar-bill-image-1-dulwich-1922/). *Vintage Footballers*. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

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