{{Short description|English cricketer (1832–1910)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = William Whitcher | image = | country = England | birth_date = c. 1832 | birth_place = Emsworth, Hampshire, England | death_date = 9 March {{death year and age|1910|1832}} | death_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = {{nowrap|1864–1867}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 27 | bat avg1 = 13.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 17* | deliveries1 = 48 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = 1 January | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22397.html Cricinfo }}
'''William Whitcher''' (c. 1832 — 3 March 1910) was an English first-class cricketer.
Whitcher was born in about 1832 at Emsworth, Hampshire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1864, which was the club's first season with first-class status. This came against Sussex. In this match he bowled 5 wicket-less overs in the Sussex first-innings. In Hampshire's first-innings, he ended the innings unbeaten without scoring. Having batted at number 10 in the first-innings, he opened the batting in Hampshire's second-innings. This promotion up the order was not successful, with Whitcher being run out for a duck. Sussex eventually won the match by 10 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1351.html|title=Sussex v Hampshire, 1864|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He next appeared in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1867, when he played his final first-class match against Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6922/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Whitcher|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored his first first-class runs in Hampshire's first-innings, making 10 runs before being dismissed by George Bennett. In the second-innings he ended the innings unbeaten on 17. Whitcher bowled in the Kent first-innings, bowling 7 wicket-less overs. The match ended in a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1501.html|title=Hampshire v Kent, 1867|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Whitcher died at Shirley in Southampton in March 1910.
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