William Bolitho (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Bolitho (cricketer)

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1862

Place of Birth: Madron, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1919

Profession: military personnel, banker, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About William Bolitho (cricketer)

  • William Edward Thomas Bolitho (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.
  • He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.
  • 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, during which he made his highest first-class score of 45 not out.
  • For Oxford, he scored 242 runs at an average of 18.61 and a high score of 32.
  • Bolitho later toured North America in September1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E.
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  • Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown.Graduating from Oxford in 1885, he enlisted in the Royal Devon Yeomanry in May 1889 as a second lieutenant.
  • 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.
  • Bolitho served during the Second Boer War.
  • He was made a temporary major during war, with the rank converted to an honorary rank in the third year of the war.
  • During the course of the war he was wounded in action, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
  • Following the war, he resigned his commission in November 1904.
  • Bolitho later served as the director of Barclays and was a justice of the peace for Cornwall.
  • During the 1890s he played cricket for Cornwall prior to their participation in minor counties cricket.
  • Bolitho died at Bath in February 1919.
  • He had married Ethel Grace Macleod in June 1888, with the couple having three children.
  • His brother-in-law was the Irish cricketer Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun.

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