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Fitzhardinge Liebenrood

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Fitzhardinge Liebenrood
Personal information
Full name
Fitzhardinge Hancock Liebenrood
Born14 September 1885
Eltham, Kent, England
Died11 May 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 83)
Poole, Dorset, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsHarold Scott (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1907Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 125
Batting average 11.36
100s/50s –/–
Top score 26
Balls bowled 54
Wickets 2
Bowling average 22.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/9
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 April 2021

Fitzhardinge Hancock Liebenrood (14 September 1885 – 11 May 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Liebenrood was born at Eltham in September 1885 and was educated at Wellington College.[1] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1905 to 1907, making seven appearances.[2] He had limited success in his seven matches, scoring 125 runs at an average of 11.36 and a highest score of 26,[3] in addition to taking 2 wickets.[4] From Wellington he proceeded to join the British Army, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in January 1904.[5] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1905,[6] with promotion to captain following in August 1908.[7]

Liebenrood served in the First World War, during which he was seconded to the training school of the Machine Gun Corps in September 1916 and was made a temporary major the following month.[8][9] Later in the war, he was appointed to be an instructor at the School of Musketry at Hythe in November 1917,[10] a position which he relinquished in December 1918.[11] He abandoned the surname Libenrood in March 1922, simply being known as Fitzhardinge Hancock.[12] He died at Poole in May 1969. His son-in-law was Harold Scott, a first-class cricketer for Sussex.

References

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  1. ^ Bevir, Joseph Louis (1906). Wellington College Register. London: T. Hunt. p. 189.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Fitzhardinge Libenrood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Fitzhardinge Liebenrood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Fitzhardinge Liebenrood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 27633". The London Gazette. 5 January 1904. p. 111.
  6. ^ "No. 27809". The London Gazette. 23 June 1905. p. 4394.
  7. ^ "No. 28175". The London Gazette. 8 September 1908. p. 6525.
  8. ^ "No. 29772". The London Gazette. 3 October 1916. p. 9560.
  9. ^ "No. 29818". The London Gazette. 10 November 1916. p. 10860.
  10. ^ "No. 30519". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1918. p. 1900.
  11. ^ "No. 31140". The London Gazette. 21 January 1919. p. 1177.
  12. ^ "No. 32631". The London Gazette. 7 March 1922. p. 1995.
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