Researching William Porterfield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 149 people with the Porterfield surname? In that year Porterfield was ranked number 3430 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Porterfield on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Porterfield and the Porterfield Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 242 people with the Porterfield surname in the UK? Porterfield is now ranked number 3814 for popularity in the UK. |
Porterfield Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Porterfield surname in the USA? Porterfield is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called William Porterfield
William Porterfield
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield (born 6 September 1984) is a Northern Irish cricketer and former captain of the Ireland cricket team. He played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. A left-handed batsman, he has played for Ireland since 2006, and has captained Ireland at all levels from Under-13 and is considered one of the greatest Irish cricketer of all time. During Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017, he passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player from Ireland to do so. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Ireland's squad for their first ever Test match, against Pakistan.
In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In July 2019, Porterfield scored his 4,000th run in ODI cricket and recorded his 50th win as captain of Ireland's One Day International team. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. Later the same month, in the second ODI against the West Indies, Porterfield played in his 300th international match for Ireland.
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