William Sime
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Arnold Sime CMG MBE QC (8 February 1909, Wepener, Orange River Colony, South Africa; died 5 May 1983, Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England) was a South African-born English barrister and judge who also played first-class cricket. Educated at Bedford School and at Balliol College, Oxford, he was a right-hand batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.[1]
He played first class matches for the Minor Counties between 1929 and 1934, and Oxford University in 1931. He then joined Nottinghamshire in 1935 and stayed with them until 1950, captaining the club in his final three years.[2]
He was Recorder of Grantham and was appointed a Circuit Judge in 1972.[3]
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| Preceded by | Nottinghamshire County cricket captain 1947–1950 |
Succeeded by Reg Simpson |
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- 1909 births
- 1983 deaths
- People educated at Bedford School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- People from Naledi Local Municipality, Free State
- White South African people
- English cricketers
- Nottinghamshire cricketers
- Nottinghamshire cricket captains
- Oxford University cricketers
- English people of South African descent
- Bedfordshire cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- English judges
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
