Everard Radcliffe
Sir Everard Joseph Reginald Henry Radcliffe, 5th Baronet (27 January 1884 – 23 November 1969), the 5th of the Radcliffe baronets, was an English amateur first-class cricketer.[1] He was born at Hensleigh House, Tiverton, Devon, England, and was educated at Downside School and Oxford University.[2] He played in 64 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1909 and 1911. He succeeded Lord Hawke as captain for one season in 1910. In first-class cricket Radcliffe scored 826 runs at 10.86, and took two wickets at an average of 67.00 and 21 catches.[1] He also played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen, Oxford University Authentics, and appeared in a single match in 1903 for Shropshire.[3] He worked was a stockbroker in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Radcliffe family lived at Rudding Park House in Harrogate, Yorkshire, from 1824 until the estate was sold in 1972. He was a Knight of Grace and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He died in November 1969 at St Trinian's Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, aged 85.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ↑ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 23. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ↑ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 23,50.
External links
- Everard Radcliffe at Cricinfo
- Everard Radcliffe at Cricket Archive
