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William Thomas Francis Dodd (8 March 1908 — 13 February 1993) was an English first-class cricketer and police officer.

Dodd was born in March 1908 at Steep, Hampshire. Dodd made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Hull in the 1931 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1935, making ten appearances. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, his first-class career was somewhat limited by the presence of Stuart Boyes in the Hampshire side, who was Hampshire's leading slow left-arm orthodox bowler of the time. In his ten first-class matches, he took 10 wickets at an average of 32.10; he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 63 against Middlesex in 1935. With the bat, he scored 95 runs with a highest score of 31. Outside of cricket, Dodd was a police officer in Southampton with the Southampton City Police. He died in the New Forest in February 1993.

References

1. ^ "Cricket in Steep". www.historyofsteep.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
2. "First-Class Matches played by William Dodd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
3. ^ "A to Z (D4)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
4. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by William Dodd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
5. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Dodd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

External links

• William Dodd at ESPNcricinfo

• 1908 births
• 1993 deaths
• People from Steep, Hampshire
• Cricketers from Hampshire
• English cricketers
• Hampshire cricketers
• Southampton City Police officers
• 20th-century English sportsmen