Christopher Heseltine
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 2 | 79 |
| Runs scored | 18 | 1,390 |
| Batting average | 9.00 | 12.30 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/3 |
| Top score | 18 | 77 |
| Balls bowled | 157 | 8,218 |
| Wickets | 5 | 170 |
| Bowling average | 16.80 | 24.53 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 7 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 5/38 | 7/106 |
| Catches/stumpings | 3/0 | 54/0 |
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Test debut: 2 March 1896 |
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Christopher Heseltine OBE (born 26 November 1869 in South Kensington, London, England; died 13 June 1944, Walhampton, Lymington, Hampshire, England) was a cricketer. Despite not making the XI at Eton or winning a Blue at Cambridge University, he went on to play cricket Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1895, when it became a first-class side, and 1904 and for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1892 and 1914. Heseltine, who was predominantly a bowler, also played two Test matches for England against South Africa during Lord Hawke's tour of 1895-96.
He also toured the West Indies and India with Lord Hawke.
Heseltine joined the Imperial Yeomanry and saw active service in the Second Boer War. He then rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Fusiliers in the First World War, in which he was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was also made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In later life he was President of Hampshire County Cricket Club and served as a member of the committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
[edit] References
- CricketArchive page on Christopher Heseltine
- A profile of Christopher Heseltine by Dave Liverman (Note: this reference erroneously claims that Heseltine toured South Africa in 1896-97. In fact it was in 1895-96. The scorecards for Heseltine's Tests are here: [1], [2]. This source also claims Heseltine was awarded the MBE, Cricinfo says it was the OBE.
- Cricinfo page on Christopher Heseltine
