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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| name = William Abel
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| name = William Abel
| batting style = Right hand batsmen
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling style = Right arm fast medium
| bowling = Right-arm fast medium
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| FCs = 171
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| FC runs = 4988
| FC bat avg = 22.98
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| FC 100s/50s = 1/25
| bat avg1 = 22.98
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| FC top score = 117
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| 100s/50s1 = 1/25
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| top score1 = 117
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| FC bowl avg = 30.93
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| bowl avg1 = 30.93
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| fivefor1 = 3
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| FC best bowling = 5/28
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| FC catches/stumpings = 146/-
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| best bowling1 = 5/28
| debut date = June 21
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| catches/stumpings1= 146/–
| debut year = 1909
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| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27392/27392.html CricketArchive {{subscription required}}
| last date = May 1
| date = 17 April
| last year = 1926
| year = 2020
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'''William John Abel''' (29 August 1887 – 23 March 1934) was a first-class cricketer who played for [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] making his debut in 1909. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler. He was born in South [[Bermondsey]] and died in [[Stockwell]], London. His brother [[Tom Abel (cricketer)|Tom Abel]] and father, the England and Surrey batsman [[Bobby Abel]], were also first-class cricketers.<ref name="caprofile">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/27/27392/27392.html|title=William Abel|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="ca-fc">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/27/27392/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Abel|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="wisdenobit">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228179.html|title=Obituaries in 1934|date=1935|editor-last=Southerton|editor-first=Sydney|work=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|via=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref>
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His last appearance in the County team was in 1926 and, after a few games with the Second Eleven, he joined [[Accrington Cricket Club|Accrington]], the Lancashire League Club. A batsman of the unorthodox school, Abel was a pleasing, forcing player and, even though he never gained the distinction of obtaining a century in County Championship matches, he put together many useful scores. Abel won his Surrey cap in 1910 and scored his only first-class hundred, 117, against Cambridge University in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10832.html|title=Surrey v Cambridge University in 1923|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref> He took five wickets in an innings three times, with a best of 5 for 28 against Middlesex.<ref name=caprofile/>
William Abel is a First class cricketer from England

His best season was 1923 when he had an aggregate of 957, while in 1914—when Surrey won the County Championship—he hit up 524 runs in sixteen County games with a highest score of 87. As a bowler, Abel began as fast-medium, but lessening his pace he exploited the leg-break and the googly. In his most successful season as a bowler 1919, he took thirty-seven wickets. He was a first-rate slip fielder. After serving in the First World War, Abel did not enjoy good health.<ref name="wisdenobit" />

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Latest revision as of 01:59, 18 February 2024

William Abel
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 171
Runs scored 4,988
Batting average 22.98
100s/50s 1/25
Top score 117
Balls bowled 10,603
Wickets 186
Bowling average 30.93
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/28
Catches/stumpings 146/–

William John Abel (29 August 1887 – 23 March 1934) was a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club making his debut in 1909. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler. He was born in South Bermondsey and died in Stockwell, London. His brother Tom Abel and father, the England and Surrey batsman Bobby Abel, were also first-class cricketers.[1][2][3]

His last appearance in the County team was in 1926 and, after a few games with the Second Eleven, he joined Accrington, the Lancashire League Club. A batsman of the unorthodox school, Abel was a pleasing, forcing player and, even though he never gained the distinction of obtaining a century in County Championship matches, he put together many useful scores. Abel won his Surrey cap in 1910 and scored his only first-class hundred, 117, against Cambridge University in 1923.[4] He took five wickets in an innings three times, with a best of 5 for 28 against Middlesex.[1]

His best season was 1923 when he had an aggregate of 957, while in 1914—when Surrey won the County Championship—he hit up 524 runs in sixteen County games with a highest score of 87. As a bowler, Abel began as fast-medium, but lessening his pace he exploited the leg-break and the googly. In his most successful season as a bowler 1919, he took thirty-seven wickets. He was a first-rate slip fielder. After serving in the First World War, Abel did not enjoy good health.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "William Abel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Abel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Southerton, Sydney, ed. (1935). "Obituaries in 1934". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 11 December 2017 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University in 1923". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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