William Norman Malthouse (16 December 1890 - 10 May 1961) was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1919 and 1920.

Malthouse was born at Whitwell

Whitwell

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, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, the son of Samuel Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse

Samuel Malthouse was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1890 and 1895.Malthouse was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of John G. Malthouse, a mason, and his wife Ann...

 who had also played for Derbyshire. He played his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1919

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 in a match against Australian Imperial Forces, which was the only match he played that the county won. In the same year he played two county championship matches against Somerset and Nottinghamshire as a steady middle order batsman. He played four matches in the 1920 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1920

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1920 was the English cricket club Derbyshire's fiftieth season. It was the club's twenty-second season in the County Championship and the most disastrous season ever experienced by any side since the County Championship was established...

, one of Derbyshire's worst seasons.

Malthouse was a right-hand batsman who played 13 innings in 7 first-class matches, with a top score of 30 and an average of 9.66. He was a right-arm off-break bowler but collected no wickets in the 114 balls he bowled.

Malthouse appears to have run a photography business at Whitwell He died at South Kirkby, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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at the age of 70.