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William Field (17 March 1816 – 22 June 1890) was an Australian cricketer, who played one game for Tasmania.

William Field

Personal information
Full name	William Field
Born	(1816-03-17)17 March 1816 Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Australia
Died	22 June 1890(1890-06-22) (aged 74) Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1851	Tasmania
Only First-class	11 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 1 Batting average 0.5 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 1 Balls bowled 12 Wickets 1 Bowling average 9.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/9 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2011

Field was born in Port Dalrymple, Tasmania. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class match in Australia, in which he unfortunately failed to make an impact.

Field died on 22 June 1890, in Bishopsbourne, Tasmania at the age of 74.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

External links

• William Field at ESPNcricinfo
• William Field at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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