Philip Martineau
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| Full name | Philip Hubert Martineau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1862 St Pancras, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 1944 (aged 81) Sunningdale, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1883 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 9 July 1883 MCC v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 30 July 1883 MCC v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Philip Hubert Martineau (28 October 1862 – 7 October 1944) was an English solicitor who became President of the Law Society. He was also a cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as a[1] left-arm fast-medium bowler.
Biography
[edit]Born in London in 1862,[2] Martineau was educated at Harrow School and played for the cricket team there in 1880 and 1881.[3] He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1884.[4] He became a solicitor and was elected president of the Law Society in 1931-32 and knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours.[4]
Cricket career
[edit]He made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire.[5][2]
Following a minor match against Northumberland in July of that year,[6] he played his second and final first-class match for the MCC against Somerset.
He died in Sunningdale in 1944,[2] survived by his son Hubert, who also played first-class cricket.[7] Two cousins, Alfred and Lionel also played first-class cricket.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b c CricketArchive profile
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1945, Obituaries
- ^ a b "Martineau, Philip Hubert (MRTN881PH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ First-class matches played by Philip Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played by Philip Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Hubert Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Alfred Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Lionel Martineau at CricketArchive