Kilburn Wilmot

Background

He was born in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, and died in Nuneaton, also in Warwickshire.

Career

He also played football for Coventry City and Walsall. Wilmot was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast swing bowler. He played in occasional first eleven matches for Warwickshire from 1931, but made little impact until 1935 when he improved his personal best bowling figures twice in the game against Leicestershire, taking five wickets for 91 runs in the second innings.

Foreign most of his career, his batting was negligible, and only the presence in the Warwickshire side of Eric Hollies kept him from occupying the Number 11 batting position.

Wilmot"s cricket career ended with the outbreak of the Second World War.

Achievements

• In 1936, he played in more than half of Warwickshire"s matches, and in the game against Surrey he achieved the best bowling figures of his career, with seven wickets for 34 runs in the first innings and four for 56 in the second, giving match figures of 11 for 90. Wilmot"s career did not, however, take off after this success: in 1937, he played in only a few matches and although he was a fairly regular member of the side in both 1938 and 1939, he did not take five wickets in an innings again and his seasonal total of wickets never exceeded the 38 he achieved in both 1936 and 1938.

Connections

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