William Henry Skitch (31 August 1860 – 13 July 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago in 1883/84.

Skitch was prominent in Otago cricket as a player, administrator and umpire for 34 years until he moved to Auckland for business reasons in 1907. He umpired seven first-class matches, six of them at the Carisbrook ground in Dunedin, between 1898 and 1903. He was elected a life member of the Dunedin Cricket Club, of which he was one of the founders, in 1901. He also won prizes as a professional sprinter and was a member of the Dunedin fire brigade teams that won competitions around New Zealand.

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Skitch married Ellen Matilda Mariner in Dunedin in November 1881. She died at their home in Grey Lynn, Auckland, in May 1938. He moved to live with his son in Manurewa, and died in July 1944, aged 83.

Bill Skitch

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1860 births

1944 deaths

New Zealand cricketers

New Zealand cricket umpires

Otago cricketers

New Zealand male sprinters

Cricketers from Bendigo

Sportspeople from the Colony of New Zealand

Bill Skitch