Robert Slade Lucas: Difference between revisions
Northmetpit (talk | contribs) Added image |
m dates in UK/international format |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{unreferenced|date=March 2009}} |
{{unreferenced|date=March 2009}} |
||
[[File:Robert Slade Lucas.jpg|thumb|Robert Slade Lucas]] |
[[File:Robert Slade Lucas.jpg|thumb|Robert Slade Lucas]] |
||
'''Robert Slade Lucas''' (July |
'''Robert Slade Lucas''' (17 July 1867, [[Teddington]], [[Middlesex]] – 5 January 1942, Franklands Village, [[Haywards Heath]], [[Sussex]]) was an English cricketer who played for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium paced bowler. He captained a [[RS Lucas' XI cricket team in West Indies in 1894-95|team]] to the West Indies in [[1894-95 West Indian cricket season|1894-95]]. |
||
Scores and Biographies Volume XV (1925) records that 'LUCAS, Robert Slade, whose first match at Lord's was on May |
Scores and Biographies Volume XV (1925) records that 'LUCAS, Robert Slade, whose first match at Lord's was on 5 May 1887, for Eighteen Colts of Middlesex v M.C.C., was a batsman above the average, who could hit freely and well, a medium-paced bowler, and a fieldsman who took took no place in particular. His name will be found in the Middlesex Eleven from 1891 to 1900, his highest score for the county being 185 v Sussex at Hove in 1895, when he and [[Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet|Mr. T.C. O'Brien]] (202) put on 338 runs together for the fifth wicket. In the same year he appeared in the Gentlemen v Players match at the Oval. In minor cricket he played chiefly with the Richmond and Teddington Clubs, and for some time was honorary secretary of the latter. In 1891 he was elected captain of the Old Merchant Taylors, who played their first match in 1892. Was born at Ash Lodge, Teddington, Middlesex, on 17 July 1867. Height 5 ft. 11 in., and weight 12 st. 2 lb. Was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, where he was captain of the Eleven in 1885. In the course of an innings of 141 not out for Old Taylorians v Merchant Taylors School at Charterhouse Square on 3 July 1891, he hit the ball out of the ground seven times, twice in succession through the same window of a private house. At [[Bushy Park]] on May 16, 1896, he scored 280 not out for Teddington v Kensington Park. In 1894-5 he took a team on tour in the West indies, after having visited America in the autumn of 1894 as a member of [[Lord Hawke]]'s Team. For many years he was captain of the Teddington Hockey Club. Is not related to any other well-known cricketer of the same name' |
||
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English cricketer |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English cricketer |
||
| DATE OF BIRTH = |
| DATE OF BIRTH = 17 July 1867 |
||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
||
| DATE OF DEATH = |
| DATE OF DEATH = 5 January 1942 |
||
| PLACE OF DEATH = |
| PLACE OF DEATH = |
||
}} |
}} |
||
Revision as of 22:49, 3 May 2012
 |
Robert Slade Lucas (17 July 1867, Teddington, Middlesex – 5 January 1942, Franklands Village, Haywards Heath, Sussex) was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium paced bowler. He captained a team to the West Indies in 1894-95.
Scores and Biographies Volume XV (1925) records that 'LUCAS, Robert Slade, whose first match at Lord's was on 5 May 1887, for Eighteen Colts of Middlesex v M.C.C., was a batsman above the average, who could hit freely and well, a medium-paced bowler, and a fieldsman who took took no place in particular. His name will be found in the Middlesex Eleven from 1891 to 1900, his highest score for the county being 185 v Sussex at Hove in 1895, when he and Mr. T.C. O'Brien (202) put on 338 runs together for the fifth wicket. In the same year he appeared in the Gentlemen v Players match at the Oval. In minor cricket he played chiefly with the Richmond and Teddington Clubs, and for some time was honorary secretary of the latter. In 1891 he was elected captain of the Old Merchant Taylors, who played their first match in 1892. Was born at Ash Lodge, Teddington, Middlesex, on 17 July 1867. Height 5 ft. 11 in., and weight 12 st. 2 lb. Was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, where he was captain of the Eleven in 1885. In the course of an innings of 141 not out for Old Taylorians v Merchant Taylors School at Charterhouse Square on 3 July 1891, he hit the ball out of the ground seven times, twice in succession through the same window of a private house. At Bushy Park on May 16, 1896, he scored 280 not out for Teddington v Kensington Park. In 1894-5 he took a team on tour in the West indies, after having visited America in the autumn of 1894 as a member of Lord Hawke's Team. For many years he was captain of the Teddington Hockey Club. Is not related to any other well-known cricketer of the same name'
  | This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1860s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |