William Humble was an English

England

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 clergyman and cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

 between 1873 and 1877.

Humble was born in Sutton Scarsdale

Sutton Scarsdale

Sutton Scarsdale is a very small village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway.The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former stately home called Sutton Scarsdale Hall....

 and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College, Oxford

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 and took Holy Orders. In 1869 he was playing for Staveley against an All England XI and in 1874 for Worksop against the same team.

Humble made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1873 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1873

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1873 was the third cricket season which the English club Derbyshire played. Officials and supporters were disappointed that they had been unable to arrange further first-class fixtures than the two against Lancashire, but they managed to arrange an extra match...

 and scored 11 in his first innings against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...

 in a match which Derbyshire lost. In the 1874 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1874

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1874 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire earned the title of Champion County in their fourth year playing as a club. Kent joined Lancashire to make the second County side to play first class matches against Derbyshire in 1874...

 he played three first class matches, and against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 he made his top score of 19. He also played a couple of miscellaneous games for Derbyshire. In the 1877 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1877

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1877 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their seventh season.Yorkshire joined Hampshire, Lancashire and Kent as the fourth county to play Derbyshire. John Platts became the first cricketer to score a century for Derbyshire.-1877...

 he played two first class matches for Derbyshire which were both against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

, in one of which Derbyshire's victory was spearheaded by a century by John Platts

John Platts

John Thomas Brown Dumelow Platts was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1884. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871....

. Humble also played for Gentlemen of Derbyshire and later for Free Foresters.

Humble was a right-handed batsman lower-middle order batsman and played 10 innings in 6 first class matches. He made a top score of 19 with an average of 8.55.

Humble changed his name to Humble-Crofts in 1879. He was vicar of Clayton

Clayton, South Yorkshire

- Clayton with Frickley :Clayton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , on the border with West Yorkshire...

-cum-Frickley

Frickley

-England:* Clayton with Frickley, a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster* Frickley Colliery, near South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England* Frickley Athletic F.C., a football club that grew out of the colliery* Frickley Colliery Brass Band...

, Yorkshire in 1881 and in 1882 became rector of Waldron, East Sussex. He remained in this living until his death there at the age of 78.

Humble-Croft's nephew, Archibald White

Archibald White

Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bart was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1911 to 1914. He led the team to the County Championship title in 1912...

, was club captain of Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

between 1912 and 1918.