William Martingell — Surrey's Roundarm Seamer Joins the UAEE Breakaway, 1852

Clarke's flat match fee left professionals unable to share in the large gate receipts of popular fixtures. The senior southern bowlers — Wisden, Dean, Martingell — had the most to gain from the UAEE's profit-sharing model.

William Martingell was born at Nutfield, Surrey, in 1818 and made his first-class debut in 1839. A right-arm medium-fast roundarm bowler who could also bat usefully, he was a regular in the Surrey side through the 1840s and early 1850s, taking 659 first-class wickets at 14.96 across 195 matches. His best performance was 8 for 53 for Surrey against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1850. When Wisden and Dean formed the UAEE in August 1852, Martingell was among the southerners they recruited; his membership confirmed that the new body was not merely a personal vehicle for two malcontents but a genuine professional alternative. Clarke blackballed him from AEE matches as a result. Martingell continued to play for the UAEE through the 1850s alongside his regular Surrey duties, and was a key figure in Surrey's champion county years. He retired in 1865 and died at Nutfield in 1897, aged 78.

Clarke's blackball of UAEE members cost the AEE several of its most effective bowlers. Martingell continued uninterrupted with Surrey through the 1850s, and after Clarke's death in 1856 the ban was lifted.