William Attewell

William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy. On the many sticky or crumbling pitches encountered in his prime Attewell could get on a great deal of spin so as to always beat the bat, whilst his accuracy would make slogging – the only way to make runs under such conditions – very difficult. He was responsible for the development of "off theory" – bowling wide of the off stump to a packed off-side field to frustrate batsmen on the rapidly improving pitches of the 1890s. At times Attewell was a useful batsman for his county, and he scored 102 against Kent in 1897.

12 June 1861

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Avisaíl García • Blake Ross • C. J. Eliezer • Carl Hovland • Chick Corea • Dallas Clark • Earl Watson • Javed Miandad • Karl Freiherr von Müffling • Marc Glanville • Marc Tardif • Mimi Coertse • Peter Jones (actor) • Tom Misteli • Vic Damone

Born in the same month (June 1861): Alexander Peacock • Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig • Frederick Gowland Hopkins • Gustav Heinrich Tammann • José Rizal • Maximilian von Spee • Omar Bundy • Pete Browning • Pierre Duhem • Robina Nicol • William James Mayo • William Propsting • Émile Haug