William Slinn

William Slinn was an English cricketer, who played for Sheffield Cricket Club 1861–62; and for Yorkshire [County Cricket Club] 1863–64. In other important matches, he played for the United [All England Eleven], an England "Next XIV", the North of [England cricket team|North of England], and the All England Eleven.
Slinn was born in Sheffield and died, aged 61, in June 1888 in Wortley, Leeds. He was a right-arm fast roundarm bowler. He took 111 wickets in his nineteen matches at an average of 13.20 with a best analysis of eight for 33 against Surrey. He took five [wickets in an innings] nine times, and ten wickets in a match on four occasions. He was less successful as a right-handed batsman, scoring 46 runs at an average of only 2.00, with a best score of 11. When fielding, he held eleven catches.
Besides Yorkshire, he played county cricket matches for Buckinghamshire, Rutland, Monmouthshire, Northamptonshire, and a single match in 1865 for Shropshire.