William Holbech (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1882
Place of Birth: La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Date of Death: 01-Nov-1914
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Holbech (cricketer)
- William Hugh Holbech (18 August 1882 – 1 November 1914) was an English cricketer who played at first-class level for Warwickshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
- He died of wounds following the First Battle of Ypres.Holbech was born in Quebec in 1882, in Murray Bay (now known as La Malbaie).
- His father, Lt.-Col.
- Walter Holbech of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, was on active duty at the time of his birth.
- The Holbech family owned Farnborough Hall, near Farnborough, Warwickshire, and Holbech's paternal grandfather, Charles Holbech, was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1873 to 1887.
- His maternal grandfather, Sir John Walrond, Bt., was MP for Tiverton, in east Devon.
- John Walrond's son, William Walrond (later raised to the peerage as Baron Waleran), and grandson, The Hon.
- William Walrond, both later represented the same constituency, with the latter also killed in the First World War.
- William Holbech was educated at Eton College, going on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
- He was made a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards in January 1902, and promoted lieutenant in March 1904, passing into the reserve in February 1907.An MCC member, Holbech made his first-class debut for an MCC side in June 1908, against Cambridge University.
- He had earlier played non-first-class matches for the MCC and for Sandhurst.
- A right-handed batsman, Holbech played once more the MCC the following season, against Oxford University.
- He scored 21 runs in the MCC's second innings in that match, his highest first-class score.
- He also appeared once for Warwickshire, against Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship, but with little success.
- In August 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, Holbech rejoined the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards, stationed at the Tower of London.
- The battalion was attached to the 20th Brigade of the 7th Division, landing at Zeebrugge in early October 1914.
- Holbech reached the frontline on 18 October, participating in the First Battle of Ypres.
- A week later, he was shot in the thigh, and severely wounded.
- He was repatriated to London, but died at the Royal Herbert Hospital in Greenwich on 1 November, after his wound became septic.
- Holbech was buried at St Botolph churchyard, following a lavish funeral at Farnborough Hall.
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