William Drummond
Hamilton
Male
Ireland
1859-05-04
Mellifont, County Louth, Ireland
1914-03-04
Rathmelton, County Donegal, Ireland
William D. Hamilton was the sixth of the nine children – six sons and three daughters – of the Reverend William Alfred Hamilton (1824-97), a native of Tullylish in County Down, and Henrietta Catherine Hamilton (née Cole; 1827-97). The Revered William A. Hamilton and Catherine Cole were married on 10 January 1849 in Tullyallen in County Louth. In addition to William, junior, several of their sons would go on to excel at different sports including lawn tennis, cricket and football/soccer.
William D. Hamilton married Alice Josephine Kinahan (1870-1964) on 5 August 1891 in Christ Church, Taney, County Dublin. She was from Dundrum in County Dublin. William D. and Alice Hamilton had six children together – one son and five daughters. When the Census of Ireland was taken in April 1911, William D. Hamilton, his wife and two of their daughters were living in the district of Rathmelton in County Donegal. The census return lists Hamilton’s occupation as Land Agent. He died in County Donegal in March 1914 at the age of 54.
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Slightly adapted from: https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/12/willoughby-william-hamilton.html
William Drummond Hamilton was a member of a prominent sporting family who played for Ireland over a period from 1877 to 1907. His cousin Horace was the first to be capped at cricket, with a career highlight of 7-15 and 4-78 against I Zingari in 1878. William D. Hamilton’s final haul of caps was a modest 14; Ireland played 36 games in that time, but Hamilton was not always available, missing the tours to North America in 1888 and 1892, for example. However, he showed enough quality in those 14 games to rank among the best batsmen of the 19th century.
William D. Hamilton was educated at Haileybury School in Hertford, where he was in the first Cricket XI in 1876 and 1877. The school yearbook described him as: “A thoroughly good left-handed bat, who always plays the game and hits well to all parts of the field; a capital point.” He subsequently went up to Queen’s College, Oxford, and in 1880 made 211 not out against University College.
In 1882, Hamilton scored 109 against Corpus Christi, and was selected for the university Cricket XI. With 53 against the Gentlemen of England under his belt, he played in the Varsity Match at Lord’s, but was so nervous that he set off for a run in the wrong direction. He made 9 and 0 for his side, which included fellow Irishmen Edward Shaw and Charles Leslie.
Returning to Dublin for the holidays, he played five games for Leinster and averaged 34. After leaving Oxford, he made 54 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the university at Lord’s in 1883, the year he made his debut for Ireland. Against I Zingari at the Phoenix Park he made 28 and 7 but did not play again for four years.
The Canadians visited Ireland in 1887 and, “with brilliant hitting”, Hamilton made 62 (this was the first time Ireland had made over 300 at home) and 31. He made another 62 against the Philadelphians in 1889. South Africa toured Great Britain and Ireland in 1894 on a non-first-class basis and Hamilton made a classy 68 against them – out of 153 – at Rathmines in Dublin.
Hamilton’s last game for Ireland was in 1896 when he was bowled by Dowson of I Zingari, seven runs short of a century. Wisden described Hamilton as “a fine, free left-handed hitter and a beautiful field, especially in the long field”. At his peak he stood 5’8” and weighed ten stone.
1881 - 1896
8
86
61
1895 - Ballyshannon (Amateur)
1894 - Ballyshannon (Amateur)
1889 - Nottingham (Open)
1888 - Ilkley (Open)
1888 - Waterford (Amateur)
1887 - Waterford (Amateur)
1886 - Waterford (Amateur)
1886 - Dundrum (Amateur)
Round 1
Walter R. Martin 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
w.o.
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Robert William Pringle
6-3
3-6
6-3
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
William Dunn
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-1
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
H.J. Maguire
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Charles Saint George Orpen
6-4
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-1
6-1
8-10
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-1
6-4
7-5
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-4
10-8
ret.
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
3-6
6-4
0-6
6-3
6-0
Final
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
8-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
6-3
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
5-6
6-2
6-0
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
7-5
3-6
7-5
2-6
6-4
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Geoffrey Meynell Heathcote-Hacker
6-0
6-1
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
William C. Taylor
?
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Joshua Francis Pim
6-2
6-8
7-5
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
2-6
6-0
6-2
Final
Charles Gladstone Eames 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-5
1-6
10-8
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
w.o.
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Louis Winslow
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Theodore Coventry
6-0
4-6
6-2
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Henry Adair Curteis
6-2
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
George Hillyard
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-5
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-9
6-4
6-3
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Henry Knox
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-5
6-2
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-4
6-2
2-6
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
John Henry Head
8-6
6-4
0-6
6-1
Semifinals
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
8-6
6-4
0-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
W. Sullivan
6-3
8-6
6-0
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-3
6-2
6-3
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Hume Riversdale Jones
8-6
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-9
4-1
ret.
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Eustace Ferrers Nicholson
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-5
6-1
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-3
6-4
6-3
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
4-6
6-4
6-1
6-3
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
6-3
6-2
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-1
6-4
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
11-9
6-3
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Arthur Godfrey Pease
6-3
9-7
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
James Baldwin
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Edward Fletcher
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
H.B. Christie
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
7-5
6-4
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
John Harold Pim
6-2
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Charles Percy Brett
6-3
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
6-3
6-2
Final
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-3
6-4
9-7
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
David Grainger Chaytor
4-6
6-2
6-3
5-7
6-1
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
A.A. Thompson
6-4
6-4
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
F.A. Clarke
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
John Richard Baker
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
5-6
6-0
Final
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
R.C. Hamilton
w.o.
Semifinals
Thomas Harrison Griffiths 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-5
6-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
R.P. Hamilton
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Frederick William Knox
6-0
6-4
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Arthur Henry Gore Ashe
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Toler Roberts Garvey
6-4
3-6
6-1
0-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Willoughby James Hamilton
4-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
S. Franks
6-3
6-0
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Arthur Henry Gore Ashe
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Robert Shaw Templer 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
3-6
6-3
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-5
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
R. O'Hara
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
R.P. White
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
8-6
3-6
6-3
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-3
7-5
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Dr. R. Dowse
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Thomas Harrison Griffiths 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
?
Round 1
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
T.S. Murphy
w.o.
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
James Lock
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Robert Shaw Templer 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
9-7
3-6
6-4
Round 1
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
C.R. Chance
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Rev. Arthur Stanhope Rashleigh 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
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