William Bolitho (cricketer)
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Full name | William Edward Thomas Bolitho | ||||||||||||||
Born | 2 July 1862 Madron, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 21 February 1919 Bath, Somerset, England | (aged 56)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Ronald McNeill (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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1883–1885 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2019 |
William Edward Thomas Bolitho DSO JP (2 July 1862 – 21 February 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, banker and British Army officer.
The son of William Bolitho and his wife, Mary Hichens Yonge, he was born at Madron near Penzance in July 1862.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Lancashire at Oxford in 1883. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1885, making a total of eight appearances. In addition to playing for Oxford, he also appeared for the Gentlemen of England in 1885 against Oxford,[3] during which he made his highest first-class score of 45 not out.[4] For Oxford, he scored 242 runs at an average of 18.61 and a high score of 32.[5] Bolitho later toured North America in September1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown.[3]
Graduating from Oxford in 1885, he enlisted in the Royal Devon Yeomanry in May 1889 as a second lieutenant.[6] Between May 1889 and March 1895, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, before he was promoted to the rank of captain in March 1895.[7] Bolitho served during the Second Boer War. He was made a temporary major during war,[8] with the rank converted to an honorary rank in the third year of the war.[9] During the course of the war he was wounded in action, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[2][10] Following the war, he resigned his commission in November 1904.[11] Bolitho later served as the director of Barclays and was a justice of the peace for Cornwall.[2] During the 1890s he played cricket for Cornwall prior to their participation in minor counties cricket.[12] Bolitho died at Bath in February 1919. He had married Ethel Grace Macleod in June 1888, with the couple having three children.[1] His brother-in-law was the Irish cricketer Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun.
References
- ^ a b "Lt.-Col. William Edward Thomas Bolitho". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Stogdon, John Hubert (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925 (4 ed.). Longmans, Green and Company. p. 519.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by William Bolitho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Bolitho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "No. 25938". The London Gazette. 24 May 1889. p. 2813.
- ^ "No. 26604". The London Gazette. 5 March 1895. p. 1322.
- ^ "No. 27313". The London Gazette. 14 May 1901. p. 3284.
- ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6306.
- ^ "No. 27734". The London Gazette. 11 November 1904. p. 7263.
- ^ "Teams William Bolitho played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
External links
- 1862 births
- 1919 deaths
- Sportspeople from Penzance
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- E. J. Sanders' XI cricketers
- Royal Devon Yeomanry officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- English bankers
- English justices of the peace