Robert Berkeley (cricketer)
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| Full name | Robert George Wilmot Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 1898 Warley Place, Romford, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 1969 (aged 71) Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley DL (23 April 1898 – 28 August 1969) was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1933, and Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1952;[1] he also appeared four times in first-class cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He lived at Berkeley Castle and Spetchley Park.[1]
Life
Berkeley was educated at Downside and The Oratory School,[1] and served with the Westminster Dragoons in Palestine and on the Western Front in the First World War;[1] he also served in the Second World War,[2] and was promoted to captain while serving with the Royal Artillery.[1] In 1923 he was made deputy master of the Berkeley Hunt, and from 1928 until his death was joint master.[1]
Cricket
Berkeley played four first-class games for Worcestershire shortly after the First World War. Only one of these, against Northamptonshire in 1922, was in the County Championship.[3] He had very little success in any of his first-class matches, although he did score 138 in a minor game for Gentlemen of Worcestershire against Gentlemen of Suffolk in 1933.[4]
Family
In 1927 he married the Hon Myrtle Dormer, daughter of the 14th Baron Dormer; they had three children.[1]
Berkeley died in a nursing home in Bristol.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g "Robert George Wilmot Berkeley". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ a b Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1970.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Robert Berkeley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Gentlemen of Worcestershire v Gentlemen of Suffolk in 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
References
- Robert Berkeley at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Robert Berkeley at ESPNcricinfo
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