Reginald Butterworth
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth |
| Born | 16 August 1906 Semarang, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 21 May 1940 (aged 33) near Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, France |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role | All-rounder |
| Relations | John Butterworth (brother) |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1926–1927 | Oxford University |
| 1930–1939 | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| 1935–1937 | Middlesex |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 February 2016 | |
Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth (16 August 1906 – 21 May 1940) was an English cricketer who played at first-class level for Oxford University and Middlesex.
Early life
[edit]Butterworth was born in Semarang, Java (then part of the Dutch East Indies), and was educated at Harrow School before going on to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He made his first-class debut for Oxford in May 1926.[2] Butterworth's maiden first-class century came the following season, when he made 101 against the Free Foresters.[3] He also scored 110 against Surrey a few games later, which was to be his highest first-class score.[4] Butterworth made his County Championship debut for Middlesex in 1935, against Warwickshire, and played two further seasons at the county. In 1937, he toured Ceylon and Malaya with a team organised by British businessman and cricket enthusiast Sir Julien Cahn, which was his only overseas tour. Butterworth's final first-class appearance came in May 1939, when he played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Yorkshire.[2]
Military service and death
[edit]In the Second World War, Butterworth enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF). In May 1940, while serving as an air gunner with the rank of pilot officer on a Westland Lysander captained by Flight Lieutenant Richard Graham as part No. 13 Squadron, Butterworth was shot down over Saint-Omer and crashed near Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, killing him and Graham. His older brother, John Compton Butterworth, who was also a first-class cricketer, was killed in action less than a year later.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Reginald Butterworth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Reginald Butterworth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ Oxford University v Free Foresters, University Match 1927 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ Surrey v Oxford University, University Match 1927 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ Pilot Officer Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth – Christ Church, Oxford. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
[edit]- Reginald Butterworth at ESPNcricinfo
- Reginald Butterworth at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1906 births
- 1940 deaths
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Sportspeople from Semarang
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
- Royal Air Force officers