William Bestwick (24 February 1875 – 2 May 1938) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a medium-fast bowler...

Bestwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Allen Bestwick (born 1961), American sportscaster currently working for ESPN Billy Bestwick...

of Billy Bestwick. His father was a miner who was also a leading bowler for Derbyshire in spite of his reputation as a bad boy of cricket. Bestwick junior...

Player Wickets Les Jackson 1,670 Cliff Gladwin 1,536 Billy Bestwick 1,452 Tommy Mitchell 1,417 Derek Morgan 1,216 Edwin Smith 1,209 Bill Copson 1,033...

on Thursdays but was amalgamated into the Derbyshire Times in 2021. Billy Bestwick (1875–1938), cricketer, was born in Heanor. George William Bissill (1896–1973)...

his previous highest first-class score in making 47 against Sussex. Billy Bestwick of Derbyshire did not reach 20 in his last 258 first-class innings after...

1931 10/40 George Dennett Gloucestershire v. Essex Bristol 1906 10/40 Billy Bestwick Derbyshire v. Glamorgan Cardiff Arms Park 1921 10/40 Gubby Allen Middlesex...

umpire was replaced during a Test, (apart from Amiesh Saheba replacing Billy Doctrove for the 2nd Test between India and Pakistan at Kolkata in 2007...

Dick Bestwick (August 18, 1930 – January 4, 2018) was an American football coach, scout, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football...

only appearance in first-class cricket, was dismissed for a duck by Billy Bestwick. In a match heavily affected by rain, Derbyshire reached 67/5 before...

but rejoined for the 1920 season. In 1919, Derbyshire welcomed back Billy Bestwick, Samuel Cadman, Arthur Morton, Joseph Bowden, Archibald Slater and James...

Samuel Hill Wood Levi Wright Billy Bestwick William Storer 1902 20 5 8 7 10 Albert Lawton Maynard Ashcroft Billy Bestwick Joe Humphries 1903 19 5 9 5 12...

London County team captained by W. G. Grace against Derbyshire when Billy Bestwick took him for one. In 1905 he played for the Gentlemen of England and...

Wilson  England 1908–1909 44 571 73* 15.43 686.4 1635 208 7.86 9–60 14 Billy Bestwick  England 1910 9 22 11 3.66 129.4 293 30 9.76 8–35 3 Albert Hallam  England...

at Queen's Park, Chesterfield. He was run out for 1, and bowled by Billy Bestwick for 3, as Yorkshire won a tight game by 33 runs. His second, and final...

remarkable incident occurred in 1922, when Warwickshire played Derbyshire: Billy Bestwick and his son Robert bowled for Derbyshire against Willie Quaife and his...

club at Scarcliffe and later at Shirebrook where Derbyshire bowler Billy Bestwick was playing. In 1913 he obtained a job as a groom at Wiseton Hall in...

Berwick (1895–1901): JA Berwick Robert Bestwick (1920–1922): RS Bestwick Billy Bestwick (1898–1925): W Bestwick James Billyeald (1870–1871): J Billyeald...

Lawton in his second season as captain. Levi Wright was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets. An addition to the Derbyshire side was Arthur Morton...

1 George Dennett Gloucestershire MCC 6875 3096 175 17.69 10/40 20 5 Billy Bestwick Derbyshire 4657 2123 115 18.46 7/49 11 4 Thomas Wass Nottinghamshire...

frequent substitute. Leonard Oliver was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 89. Bestwick had made his debut for Derbyshire in 1898; he had...

tour. Horsley was able to capitalise on the absence in the match of Billy Bestwick who had returned to bowl for Derbyshire that season. In Derbyshire's...

Hants. Derbyshire finished joint-ninth in the 1898 season, debuting Billy Bestwick. Davidson was a right-handed batsman and played 260 innings in 158 first-class...

1898 season by which time his bowling made little impression, while Billy Bestwick was beginning to star. Walker was a left-arm bowler and took 202 first-class...

Priestley’s classic play Dangerous Corner. In 2019, Drummond appeared as Jane Bestwick in ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She would go on to appear in I Hate...

a record which lasted nearly fifty years before being bettered by Billy Bestwick. He played several matches for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and also...

Lawton in his first season as captain. Maynard Ashcroft was top scorer. Billy Bestwick took most wickets. The most significant additions to the Derbyshire...

pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets. Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did...

Club seasons 1908 season Captain Reginald Rickman County Championship 14 Most runs Ernest Needham Most wickets Billy Bestwick Most catches Joe Humphries...

although Maynard Ashcroft had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 111 . Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made...