William Wathen

William Hulbert Wathen (5 May 1836 – 29 March 1913) was an English businessman and amateur cricketer who played during the 1860s.

Wathen was born at Streatham, then in Surrey, in 1836, the son of Hulbert and Harriet Wathen (née Blunt). His father was a tea merchant in London and was the Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1850. Wathen was educated at Brighton College, Rugby School and Blackheath Proprietary School.

The family lived at Beckenham in Kent, and Wathen played club cricket regularly for the Gentlemen of West Kent, and for others including the Gentlemen of Kent, Band of Brothers, and Sevenoaks Vine. He also played for clubs in Essex when he lived there. He played six first-class cricket matches, five of them for Gentlemen of Kent or Gentlemen of the South during Canterbury Cricket Weeks between 1862 and 1866. He also played one match for Kent in 1863 at Hove against Sussex. A spin bowler, Wathen's brother, Arthur, kept wicket to him in some matches.