Philip Martineau

Philip Martineau
Personal information
Full name Philip Hubert Martineau
Born 28 October 1862
St Pancras, London, England
Died 7 October 1944 (aged 81)
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883 MCC
First-class debut 9 July 1883 MCC v Derbyshire
Last First-class 30 July 1883 MCC v Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 27
Batting average 6.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 14
Balls bowled 0
Wickets -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 13 April 2008

Philip Hubert Martineau (28 October 18627 October 1944) was an English cricketer.[1] A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for the MCC in 1883.[2]

Biography

Born in London in 1862,[2] Philip Martineau was educated at Harrow School and played for the cricket team there in 1880 and 1881.[3] He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1884.[4] He made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire.[5]

Following a minor match against Northumberland in July of that year,[6] he played his second and final first-class match against Somerset. He died in Sunningdale in 1944,[2] survived by his son Hubert, who also played first-class cricket.[7] Two cousins, Alfred and Lionel also played first-class cricket.[8][9]

Martineau became a solicitor. He was president of the Law Society in 1931-2 and was knighted in 1933.[4]

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