William Buttress
William Buttress was an English first-class cricketer active 1849–61 who played for Cambridge Town Club as a right-arm slow medium pace bowler. In 17 first-class matches, he took 83 wickets with a best return of seven for 35. He achieved five wickets in an innings nine times and ten in a match twice. He batted right-handed as a tailender and held eleven catches as a fielder.
He played county cricket for Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Devon, Dorset, Cheshire, Bedfordshire and Shropshire while being professional at Shrewsbury Cricket Club.
Buttress was born and died, aged 38, in Cambridge
