William Mackworth

William Augustus Mackworth (3 March 1825 – 4 December 1855) was a Trinidad-born English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1845 and another for Manchester in 1848.[1] He was born in Trinidad where his father was high sheriff and died at St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.[2]

Mackworth matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1844 but it is not recorded if he took a degree.[2] He married in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1852.[2] In January 1855, he was named as one of the founding "resident members" of the new Melbourne branch of Miles and Kington, a Bristol-based company of "General Agents and Commission Merchants", alongside Philip Oliphant Kington, who later played first-class cricket for Victoria.[3] His death at the end of 1855 came "after an illness of ten days".[4]

As a cricketer, Mackworth was a middle-order batsman; there is no record that he bowled nor is it known whether he was right- or left-handed.[1] He achieved little in his one game for Cambridge University, but not out innings of 10 and 28 in the 1848 first-class match between Manchester and Sheffield – a forerunner of Lancashire and Yorkshire matches – enabled Manchester to win by 11 runs.[5] He appeared for Manchester in minor matches in both 1847 and 1848.[1]

References
  1. "William Mackworth". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: William Mackworth". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 275. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. "Notices". Melbourne Argus. Melbourne. 24 January 1855. p. 8.
  4. "Died". Melbourne Argus. Melbourne. 5 December 1855. p. 4.
  5. "Scorecard: Manchester v Sheffield". www.cricketarchive.com. 8 June 1848. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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