Researching William Soames
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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William Soames
William Aldwin Soames (10 July 1850 – 27 December 1916) was an English cricketer. Soames was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Brighton, Sussex, and was educated at Brighton College, which his father, William Aldwin Soames, had founded in 1845, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Soames made his first-class debut for Sussex against Hampshire at the Green Jackets Ground, Winchester, in 1875. He made two further first-class appearances for the county in 1875, against Hampshire at the County Ground, Hove, and Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham. In his three first-class matches for the county, he scored 17 runs at an average of 3.40, with a high score of 17. His 17 runs all came in the first-innings of his first match against Hampshire, thereafter he failed to score in four consecutive innings. According to Scores and Biographies, "[he] is a good average bat and fields well at long-leg or cover-point."
He died at Bank station in the City of London on 27 December 1916. His brother, Henry, played first-class cricket for Hampshire.
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