Background
He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Odell was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. Odell made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire in the 1912 County Championship at Aylestone Road, Leicester. In Leicestershire"s first-innings of 96 all out, Odell was dismissed for a duck by Sydney Smith.
In Northamptonshire"s first-innings of 211/8 declared, Odell took the wickets of William East and Smith, finishing with figures of 2/42 from fourteen overs.
Leicestershire reached 98/6 in their second-innings, with Odell not called upon to bat and the match ending as a draw. He died at Northfield, Warwickshire on 11 March 1960.
William was killed in action during the First World War.