William Collett

William Eustace Collett was an English cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1869 and 1874.
Collett was born at Lambeth, at that point still part of Surrey. Professionally a proctor's clerk, He married Hannah London in 1859; the couple had nine children.
Described by Wisden as "a good average batsmen" who "could bowl fast round-armed" and who usually fielded at long stop or mid-off, Collett made his first-class debut for Surrey in a July 1869 match against Lancashire at The Oval. He made scores of three and one during the match, but was retained in the side for the following two matches, playing against Nottinghamshire later in July and Yorkshire in early August. He made his highest first-class score, 19 runs, against Nottinghamshire. Collett's final first-class match was an 1874 fixture against Cambridge University at Fenner's. In his four appearances for Surrey he scored a total of 44 runs; he did not bowl.
Collett died at Lambeth in May 1904. He was aged 64.