Bill Holdsworth

William Edgar Newman Holdsworth (17 September 1928 – 31 July 2016) was an English first-class cricketer, who played twenty seven matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1952 and 1953.^[1][2] He also appeared for the Yorkshire Second XI.

Born in Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, he was a right arm fast medium bowler, he took 53 wickets at 30.15, with a best of 6 for 58 against Derbyshire. He also took 5 for 21 against Essex. A right-handed tail end batsman, he scored 111 runs at 7.92, with a highest score of 22* against Glamorgan. He also took 7 catches.^[2]

He died on 31 July 2016 at the age of 87.^[3]