William Bolitho (cricketer)

William Edward Thomas Bolitho DSO JP (2 July 1862 – 21 February 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, banker and British Army officer.

William Bolitho
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Edward Thomas Bolitho
Born2 July 1862
Madron, Cornwall, England
Died21 February 1919(1919-02-21) (aged 56)
Bath, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsRonald McNeill (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883–1885Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 338
Batting average 18.77
100s/50s –/–
Top score 45*
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2019

The son of William Bolitho and his wife, Mary Hichens Yonge, he was born at Madron near Penzance in July 1862.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.[2] 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,[3] during which he made his highest first-class score of 45 not out.[4] For Oxford, he scored 242 runs at an average of 18.61 and a high score of 32.[5] Bolitho later toured North America in September1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown.[3]

Graduating from Oxford in 1885, he enlisted in the Royal Devon Yeomanry in May 1889 as a second lieutenant.[6] 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.[7] Bolitho served during the Second Boer War. He was made a temporary major during war,[8] with the rank converted to an honorary rank in the third year of the war.[9] During the course of the war he was wounded in action, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[2][10] Following the war, he resigned his commission in November 1904.[11] Bolitho later served as the director of Barclays and was a justice of the peace for Cornwall.[2] During the 1890s he played cricket for Cornwall prior to their participation in minor counties cricket.[12] Bolitho died at Bath in February 1919. He had married Ethel Grace Macleod in June 1888, with the couple having three children.[1] His brother-in-law was the Irish cricketer Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun.

References
  1. "Lt.-Col. William Edward Thomas Bolitho". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. Stogdon, John Hubert (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925 (4 ed.). Longmans, Green and Company. p. 519.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by William Bolitho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Bolitho". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. "No. 25938". The London Gazette. 24 May 1889. p. 2813.
  7. "No. 26604". The London Gazette. 5 March 1895. p. 1322.
  8. "No. 27313". The London Gazette. 14 May 1901. p. 3284.
  9. "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 5.
  10. "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6306.
  11. "No. 27734". The London Gazette. 11 November 1904. p. 7263.
  12. "Teams William Bolitho played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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