# William Laidlay

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{{Short description|Scottish cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
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|             country = Scotland
|            fullname =	William James Laidlay
|          birth_date = 12 August 1846
|         birth_place = [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata), [Bengal Presidency](/source/Bengal_Presidency),<br>[British India](/source/British_India)
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1912|10|25|1846|8|12}}
|         death_place = [Freshwater](/source/Freshwater%2C_Isle_of_Wight), [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight),<br>England
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|             batting = Unknown
|             bowling = Unknown
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|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 1
|               runs1 = 14
|            bat avg1 = 7.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 11
|         deliveries1 = 228
|            wickets1 = 3
|           bowl avg1 = 35.00
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|       best bowling1 = 2/85
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|                date = 12 September
|                year = 2019
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16431.html Cricinfo
}}

'''William James Laidlay''' (12 August 1846 – 25 October 1912) was a [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er, barrister and artist.

The son of [John Watson Laidlay](/source/John_Watson_Laidlay), he was born in August 1846 at [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata) in [British India](/source/British_India). He was educated in Scotland at the [Loretto School](/source/Loretto_School), before going up to [Peterhouse, Cambridge](/source/Peterhouse%2C_Cambridge), from where he graduated in 1872.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses |first=John |last=Venn |volume=6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2011 |page=[https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft/page/76 76] |isbn=978-1108036153 |url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft |language=en}}</ref> A student of the [Middle Temple](/source/Middle_Temple), he was [called to the bar](/source/called_to_the_bar) in April 1875.<ref name="BAR">{{cite book |title=Men-at-the-bar |first=Joseph |last=Foster |date=1885 |publisher=Reeves and Turner |pages=[https://archive.org/details/menatthebarabio00fostgoog/page/n291 263] |url=https://archive.org/details/menatthebarabio00fostgoog |language=en}}</ref> In the same year that he was called to the bar, He was a member of the [Faculty of Advocates](/source/Faculty_of_Advocates) in 1874 and served on the Scottish courts circuit until 1878, after which he studied art in [Paris](/source/Paris) from 1879&ndash;85.<ref name="BOOK"/> Laidlay was a founding member of the [New English Art Club](/source/New_English_Art_Club) in 1885. He regularly exhibited his works at the [Royal Academy of Arts](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Arts), the [Paris Salon](/source/Salon_(Paris)), and the [New Gallery](/source/New_Gallery_(London)).<ref name="BOOK"/> Laidlay died in October 1912 at Glenbrook House in [Freshwater](/source/Freshwater%2C_Isle_of_Wight) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/232809.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1912 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> His brother was the amateur golfer, [Johnny Laidlay](/source/Johnny_Laidlay).

==Cricket==
Laidlay made a single appearance in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for the [North](/source/North_of_England_cricket_team) in the [North v South](/source/North_v_South) fixture at [Chelsea](/source/Prince's_Cricket_Ground).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30850/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Laidlay |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-09-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 11 runs by [James Lillywhite](/source/James_Lillywhite) in the North's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by [W. G. Grace](/source/W._G._Grace). He took three wickets across the match, dismissing Grace and [Charles Buller](/source/Charles_Buller_(cricketer%2C_born_1846)) in the South's first-innings, while in their second-innings he dismissed [George Wyatt](/source/George_Wyatt_(cricketer)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1936.html |title=South v North, 1875 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-09-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=16431}}

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Category:1846 births
Category:1912 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Kolkata
Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh
Category:British people in British India
Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Category:Scottish cricketers
Category:North v South cricketers
Category:Members of the Middle Temple
Category:Scottish barristers
Category:Scottish landscape artists

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