John Inge (cricketer)
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Full name | John Walter Inge | ||||||||||||||
Born | 31 March 1839 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 9 January 1919 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 79)||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2020 |
John Walter Inge (31 March 1839 – 9 January 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Charles Inge, he was born in March 1839 at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire. He was educated firstly at Rossall School until 1853,[1] before attending Charterhouse School from 1853 to 1856.[2] After completing his education, Inge was commissioned into the British Army as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in June 1860.[3] Inge made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in August 1863.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was run out for 4 runs in the Gentlemen of Kent first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by George Milman.[5]
Inge was promoted to captain in November 1872,[6] with him later serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878–80, during which he was decorated.[1] He was promoted to major in February 1881,[7] before gaining the rank of lieutenant colonel in September 1887.[8] Having completed five years as a regimental lieutenant colonel, he was retired from active service in September 1892.[9] Inge died at Hollywell Lodge in Oxford in January 1919.[10] His brothers Francis and William both played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew Will Inge.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Deane, Edward J. (1910). The Rossall School Register 1844–1905. Lee & Nightingale. p. 111.
- ^ List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879. Farncombe and Company. 1879. p. 127.
- ^ "No. 22399". The London Gazette. 29 June 1860. p. 2432.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Inge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club, 1863". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "No. 22922". The London Gazette. 22 November 1872. p. 5452.
- ^ "No. 24942". The London Gazette. 25 February 1881. p. 850.
- ^ "No. 25740". The London Gazette. 20 September 1887. p. 5047.
- ^ "No. 26325". The London Gazette. 13 September 1892. p. 5212.
- ^ "Wisden - Other deaths in 1919". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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[edit]- 1839 births
- 1919 deaths
- Military personnel from Leicestershire
- Sportspeople from Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- Cricketers from Leicestershire
- People educated at Rossall School
- People educated at Charterhouse School
- Royal Artillery officers
- English cricketers
- Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- 19th-century British Army personnel