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 style | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1883 | 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 cricketer.[1] A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for the MCC in 1883.[2]
Biography
Born in London in 1862,[2] Philip 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 made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire.[5]
Following a minor match against Northumberland in July of that year,[6] he played his second and final first-class match 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]
Martineau became a solicitor. He was president of the Law Society in 1931-2 and was knighted in 1933.[4]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- 1 2 3 CricketArchive profile
- ↑ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1945, Obituaries
- 1 2 "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