William Rigley

Who was William Rigley?

William Rigley was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1873 and 1882.

Rigley was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Rigley and his wife Ann. His father was a blacksmith and moved to Somercotes, Derbyshire. Rigley also became a blacksmith. He made his cricketing debut for Derbyshire in the 1873 season against Lancashire when he achieved his best bowling performance of 2 wickets for 10 runs. He played a non-first-class match against Nottinghamshire. In the 1874 season he only played non-first class matches for Derbyshire against Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and United South of England. He also played for Colts of England against MCC. He began playing regularly for Derbyshire in the 1875 season playing four games in that year and four in the 1876 season when he achieved the top batting average of 22.4. In the 1877 season he played all nine first class matches for the club. In the 1878 season he played all twelve first class matches for the club and one other and made his top score of 69 against Lancashire.