William Court

William Thomas Court (1842 – 31 May 1910) was an Australian-born English amateur cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1867. Court was wicket-keeper who batted right-handed.

Court was born at Sydney in New South Wales in 1842, the son of John and Rebecca Court. His family returned to England during Court's childhood, his father, who had been born at Swalecliffe and farmed at Wrotham before emigrating, resumed farming near Maidstone in Kent.

A club cricketer including The Mote and Bearsted, He played a minor match for the Gentlemen of Kent on the same ground immediately after his first-class debut.

By 1871 Court had taken on his own farm near Maidstone and later farmed at nearby Wateringbury. He married Charlotte Lovett; the couple had two sons. He died at Wateringbury in 1910 aged 68.