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William Hutt

1822 – 1894

English cricketer, clergyman and academic

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Lived 1822 – 1894 (aged 71). William Hutt was a British cricketer.

William Wayman Hutt (29 August 1822 – 21 July 1894) was an English first-class cricketer, clergyman and academic.

The son of Richard Hutt, a bookseller from Cambridge, he was born in August 1822. Hutt was educated at The Perse School, before matriculating to Caius College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge he was active in the Cambridge Town Club (CTC), for whom he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for against Cambridge University at Parker's Piece in 1842. He was dismissed once in the match batting from the tail by John Kirwan in the CTC first innings.

Hutt was elected a fellow of Caius in 1845, an appointment he was re-elected to in May 1854. During the early 1850s, he held the office of college divinity lecturer, after the office had been declined by other fellows. In his later years he was a justice of the peace for the Norfolk. Hutt remained rector at Hockwold cum Wilton until his death there in July 1894.

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English cricketer, clergyman and academic

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William Hutt was born on 29 August 1822 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

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William Hutt died on 21 July 1894 in Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk.

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William Hutt was a cricketer.

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William Hutt was British.

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· Wikipedia: William Hutt

· Wikidata: Q109859662

· DBpedia: William Hutt (cricketer)

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