Septimus Brutton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSeptimus Brutton
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1869
Place of Birth: Tynemouth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 29-Oct-1933
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Septimus Brutton
- Septimus Brutton (26 July 1869 – 29 September 1933) was an English cricketer.
- Brutton was a right-handed batsman.
- He was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland.
- The son of Thomas Brutton, the Vicar and Rural Dean of Tynemouth, and Saran Ann, Brutton was one of nine children.
- A notable sibling was his brother Ernest, who himself would play first-class cricket and play international rugby for England.
- Brutton was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead between 1880 and 1885. Having first been recorded as playing cricket for a side representative of Northumberland as early as 1887, Brutton made his debut for Northumberland in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship against Northamptonshire.
- He appeared again the following season against Durham, before his next appearances in the 1901 season.
- Brutton made four appearances in that season, the last of which came against Durham.
- Later in 1904, Brutton made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against Yorkshire at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth.
- Yorkshire made 549 in their first-innings, in response Hampshire were dismissed for 331, with Brutton himself scoring 15 runs before he was dismissed by George Hirst.
- Hampshire were forced to follow-on, with Brutton scoring 7 runs before he was dismissed by Schofield Haigh, with Hampshire being dismissed for 200 to lose the match by an innings and 18 runs.
- This was his only major appearance for Hampshire. Brutton married Eleanor Jane Phipps on 1 September 1896 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, with the couple having two children: Charles who played first-class cricket for Hampshire on 81 occasions, and Guy, who later became a solicitor.
- Brutton himself was also a solicitor, following his move to Portsmouth from Northumberland, he was a partner in the solicitors firm Hobbs and Brutton by 1903.
- The partnership between Brutton and Edward Hobbs, which had premises at 144 High Street, Portsmouth, and The Square, Petersfield, lasted until 1914, when Hobbs retired from the firm.
- Brutton continued with the business under the same name.
- He continued as a solicitor until at least 1929.
- Brutton's wife died on 15 June 1931, with Brutton dying at Marylebone, London on 29 September 1933.
- His law firm was later taken over by his son Guy, who ran the firm until 1940.
Read more at Wikipedia