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Westminster School.
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William Armitstead
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Armitstead played fourteen first class matches between 1853 and 1862, the majority for Oxford University with solitary appearances for the Gentlemen of the North, Manchester Cricket Club, and the Marylebone Cricket Club. lieutenant was during a match between a United England XI and the Free Foresters in 1861 that he is credited with the introduction of the white coat for cricket umpires. Armitstead requested that the umpires wear something white in colour, as their existing garments were causing him to lose sight of the ball and the bowlers hand during their delivery.
Armistead had a modest batting record, scoring only 293 runs in twenty-five innings at a batting average of 12.20.
249 of these runs were made for Oxford, for whom he made eleven appearances. His best was a score of 38, made opening the batting against the Marylebone Cricket Club on 3 June 1853.
He took six catches, and is noted as having bowled however his bowling style or statistics are not recorded. Born in Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, he died in Goostrey aged 73.
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March 12, 1907 (aged 73)