William Traill

William Frederick Traill (7 January 1838 – 3 October 1905) was an English barrister and first-class cricketer.

Life

He was born in Lewisham, the fourth son of James Traill, stipendiary magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley; George Traill was his uncle.[1][2][3] his brothers James Christie Traill (eldest son, for Oxford U.) and George Balfour Traill (born 1833, for the MCC) also played cricket.[4][5] Another brother, the sixth son, was Henry Duff Traill (1842–1900).[3]

Traill was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1856, and graduated B.A. in 1860.[1][6] From 1858 to 1867, he played cricket for Kent, Oxford University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[6]

He died in South Hampstead.[6]

Works

Illustration from page 65 of Lays of Modern Oxford

Traill wrote verse, under the pseudonym "Adon". His works included:[7]

  • Lays of Modern Oxford (1874 and later editions), with illustrations by Mary Ellen Edwards
  • Through Storm and Sunshine (1875)

Drawing on undergraduate experiences, Traill wrote a volume of stories, Tales of Modern Oxford (1882). It features a Bullingdon Club dinner, and the ragging of a drunken college porter, made up blackface with burnt cork, and robed in academic dress.[8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Traill, William Frederick
  2. ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Traill, James
  3. 1 2 Kaul, Chandrika. "Traill, Henry Duff". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27661. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Traill, James Christie
  5. ↑ Bailey, Philip; Thorn, Philip; Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1984). Who's Who of Cricketers. London: Newnes Books. p. 1021. ISBN 0600346927.
  6. 1 2 3 William Traill at CricketArchive
  7. ↑ Reilly, Catherine (2000-01-01). Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860–1879. A&C Black. ISBN 9780720123180.
  8. ↑ "Author Information At the Circulating Library, William Frederic Traill"". Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Proctor, Mortimer Robinson (1957). The English University Novel. University of California Press. p. 82. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Davies, Mark. "BBC - An early history of cricket in Oxford". BBC Online. Retrieved 26 February 2018.


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