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William George Armitstead (22 March 1833 - 12 March 1907) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Armistead was a member of a cricketing family: his brother Henry played first class cricket, while brothers John and Robert, and nephew William, all played school cricket.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Player Profile: William Armitstead )〕 Armitstead played fourteen first class matches between 1853 and 1862, the majority for Oxford University with solitary appearances for the Gentlemen of the North, Manchester Cricket Club, and the Marylebone Cricket Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=FC Batting Per Team )〕 Armitstead was also a founding member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club, along with his brother Henry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Obituaries in 1912 )〕 It was during a match between a United England XI and the Free Foresters in 1861 that he is credited with the introduction of the white coat for cricket umpires.〔 Armitstead requested that the umpires wear something white in colour, as their existing garments were causing him to lose sight of the ball and the bowlers hand during their delivery. Armistead had a modest batting record, scoring only 293 runs in twenty-five innings at a batting average of 12.20.〔 249 of these runs were made for Oxford, for whom he made eleven appearances.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=FC Batting By Team )〕 His best was a score of 38, made opening the batting against the Marylebone Cricket Club on 3 June 1853.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club University Match 1853 )〕 He took six catches, and is noted as having bowled however his bowling style or statistics are not recorded.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Player Profile: William Armitstead )〕 Born in Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, he died in Goostrey aged 73.〔 ==References== ;Notes ;Sources * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Armitstead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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