William Dorrinton

William Dorrinton (29 April 1809 – 8 November 1848) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent, Hampshire, Suffolk and the Marylebone Cricket Club in a 94–match career which began in 1836 and lasted until 1847, a year before his death. While Dorrinton has two first–class wickets to his name, he became a wicket keeper part–way through his career, taking 89 catches and performing 25 stumpings.

Early life

William Dorrinton was born in West Malling, Kent, in 1809, second son to father Thomas Dorrinton, who himself played two club cricket matches for Rochester against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1800. William's brother, Alban Dorrinton, was nine years his senior and also played club cricket, and one first–class match for Kent in 1836.

William Dorrinton began his career in the 1836 cricket season with two matches for Kent, scoring 16 runs at 4.00 and a high score of only seven. In his debut match, Kent faced Sussex on 8 August. Dorrinton scored a duck and his season-best seven with the bat, playing his debut match alongside fellow debutant Tom Adams. In Dorrinton's only other match of the season, also against Sussex, he scored five and four. It was in this match that his brother Alban also debuted.

Cricketing career

Early years In 1837, Dorrinton continued to play only sporadically for Kent, appearing in four matches that season, scoring seven runs overall at an average of 1.00. His form continued into his first substantial season for Kent in 1841, where he played in seven matches, scoring 86 runs in the season at 8.60 with a high score of 21. however he did not return to the cricket field again, and just over a year later died in his home town in Kent.