About William Henry Prosser
Lived 1870 – 1952 (aged 81). William Henry Prosser was a British cricketer.
William Henry Prosser (16 July 1870 – 30 June 1952) was a Welsh-born schoolmaster and a cricketer who played in a single first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1893. He was born at Devauden, Monmouthshire and died at Heacham, Norfolk.
The son of the rector of Devauden, Prosser was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1891 to 1895 he played occasional minor cricket for Monmouthshire as a lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Prosser graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. He became a schoolmaster and was headmaster of Snettisham Grange Preparatory School in Norfolk.
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English schoolmaster and cricketer (1870-1952)
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William Henry Prosser was born on 16 July 1870.
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William Henry Prosser died on 30 June 1952.
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William Henry Prosser was a cricketer.
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