Herbert Slater

Herbert Slater (11 November 1881 – 2 December 1958) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1907.

Herbert Slater

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Slater
Born	11 November 1881 Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Died	2 December 1958 (aged 77) Cresswell, Derbyshire, England
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm off break and medium fast bowler
Relations	Henry Slater, Archibald Slater
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1907	Derbyshire
First-class debut	11 July 1907 Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
Last First-class	1 August 1907 Derbyshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 39 Batting average 5.57 100s/50s / Top score 21 Balls bowled 78 Wickets 2 Bowling average 19.00 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 2-15 Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: , July 2012

Slater was born in Langley Mill the son of Henry Slater and his wife Sarah Bestwick[1] His father had played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.

Slater made his debut for the Derbyshire team in the 1907 season against Nottinghamshire in July. He opened the batting with captain Levi Wright and scored 21 in his first innings. In the next match against Leicestershire Slater took 2-15, his only wickets in his career. In his remaining matches his performance was indifferent.

Slater was a right-handed batsman and played 9 innings in 5 first-class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 5.57. He was a right-arm off-break and fast-medium bowler and took 2 wickets with an average of 19.00.[2] He was described as "A good batsman and an excellent fielder". He scored many runs playing club cricket.[3]

Slater died in Creswell at the age of 77. Slater's brother, Archibald Slater also played cricket for Derbyshire.

References

1. Wirksworth Parish Records - Descendants of Slater
2. Herbert Slater at Cricket Archive
3. Wisden - Obituaries in 1958