{{short description|English former cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = William Snowden | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|9|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Whiston, Lancashire, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1972–1975 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 37 | runs1 = 1,413 | bat avg1 = 21.40 | 100s/50s1 = 3/4 | top score1 = 108* | deliveries1 = 20 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 10 | runs2 = 112 | bat avg2 = 11.20 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 44 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 4/– | date = 6 September | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20922.html Cricinfo }}
'''William Snowden''' (born 27 September 1952) is an English former cricketer.
Snowden was born in September 1952 at Whiston, Lancashire. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/merchant-taylors-school-celebrates-more-7363355 |title=Merchant Taylors' School celebrates more cricket success |date=2014-07-03 |work=Liverpool Echo |accessdate=2019-09-06}}</ref> before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members |date=1988 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=1175 |isbn=9780521382373 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ_kAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Leicestershire at Fenner's in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1975, making 35 appearances.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32923/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Snowden |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a batsman, he scored 1,315 runs in his 35 first-class matches for Cambridge, at an average of 21.20 and a high score of 108 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32923/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> This score, one of three centuries he made, came against Kent in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33233.html |title=Cambridge University v Kent, 1973 |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also made two first-class appearances for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team, playing against the touring New Zealanders in 1973, and the touring Indians in 1974.<ref name="FCM"/> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made ten appearances in List A one-day cricket. The first eight of these came for Cambridge University, with four appearances apiece in the 1972 and 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32923/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by William Snowden |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> with Snowden scoring 88 runs with a high score of 44.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32923/a_Batting_by_Team.html |title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Snowden |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also made two List A appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.<ref name="FCM"/> After graduating from Cambridge he became a schoolteacher, teaching geography at Harrow School from 1981–2014.
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