# William Woolhouse

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**William Henry Woolhouse** (21 January 1791 – 14 July 1837) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket) active in the 1820s and 1830s, making seventeen appearances in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket). Born at [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), Woolhouse was a left-handed [batsman](/source/Batting_(cricket)) and left-arm [roundarm](/source/Roundarm_bowling) bowler, who played for several first-class cricket teams. He was most notable as a founding member of [The Wednesday Cricket Club](/source/The_Wednesday_Cricket_Club), which organised early county matches in Yorkshire, and along with his father-in-law George Steer he was also behind the establishment of both the [Darnall Old Ground](/source/Darnall_Old_Ground) and [Darnall New Ground](/source/Darnall_New_Ground).

## Career

In 1822, Woolhouse, along with William Stratford, John Southren, Tom Lindley, [George Dawson](/source/George_Dawson_(cricketer)), and George Hardisty, founded [The Wednesday Cricket Club](/source/The_Wednesday_Cricket_Club).[1] In 1822, along with his father-in-law, Woolhouse was behind the construction of the [Darnall Old Ground](/source/Darnall_Old_Ground), as well as the [Darnall New Ground](/source/Darnall_New_Ground).[1] Woolhouse later made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for a combined [Sheffield and Leicester](/source/Sheffield_and_Leicester_cricket_team) team against [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham_Cricket_Club) in 1826, while the following season he made two first-class appearances for [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield_Cricket_Club) against Nottingham.[2] He made several first-class appearances in 1828, playing for [England](/source/England_cricket_team) against [The Bs](/source/The_Bs) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's), as well as playing for a Left Handed team in the [Left-Handed v Right-Handed](/source/Left-Handed_v_Right-Handed) fixture. He also made two first-class appearances for Sheffield against Nottingham, and played for a combined [Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire-Leicestershire](/source/Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire-Leicestershire_cricket_team) against England.[2] Following two first-class appearances for Sheffield in 1829, Woolhouse made a single appearance for the team in 1830, 1831, and 1832.[2] In 1833, Woolhouse made a second first-class appearance for the Left-Handed team, this time against the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club), before appearing in [Yorkshire's](/source/Yorkshire_county_cricket_team_(pre-1863)) inaugural first-class match in September against [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk_county_cricket_team_(1764%E2%80%931875)) at the [Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield](/source/Hyde_Park_Ground).[2] He made two further first-class appearances, both for Yorkshire against Norfolk in 1834.[2]

Playing seventeen first-class matches, Woolhouse scored a total of 440 runs at an [average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 14.19, with a high score of 51.[3] Playing nine of his seventeen matches for Sheffield, Woolhouse scored 259 runs for the team, averaging 16.18 and making his highest score for the team.[4]

He died in [London](/source/London) on 14 July 1837.

## References

1. ["The Wednesday Cricket Club"](https://archive.today/20121015203221/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/misc/cricket.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/misc/cricket.htm) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by William Woolhouse"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34056/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

1. ["Player profile: William Woolhouse"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34056/34056.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

1. ["First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Woolhouse"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34056/f_Batting_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

## External links

- [William Woolhouse](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23179.html) at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)

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