Saul Wade
Saul Wade was an English first-class cricketer, who played sixty six matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1886 to 1890.
Born in Farsley in Leeds, Wade was a useful all-rounder, being a right-handed batsman and off spin bowler. He scored 1,616 runs at 16.83 in the seventy first-class matches he played in, with a best of 74 not out against Middlesex. He claimed thirty one catches, and took 139 wickets at 18.75, with a best performance of 7 for 28 against Gloucestershire.
He also appeared for M.B. Hawke's XI, North of England, Lord Hawke's XI, L. Hall's XI, Miscellaneous Yorkshire and Blackpool and District.
He was a leading all-rounder in the Leeds district for several years, before going to Saddleworth C.C. in 1880. He was later a professional in the Lancashire League with Church C.C. and Accrington C.C. Wade subsequently he became a first-class umpire.
Wade died in November 1931 in Oldham, Lancashire, aged 73.
