Cecil Abercrombie
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| Full name | Cecil Halliday Abercrombie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 April 1886 Mozufferpore, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
31 May 1916 (aged 30) at sea, aboard HMS Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1913 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 1 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||
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| Playing career | |||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| United Services Portsmouth | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1910-1913[1] | Scotland | 6 | 3 |
Cecil Halliday Abercrombie (12 April 1886 – 31 May 1916) was a Scottish rugby union player[2] and an English first-class cricketer.
Biography
Born on 12 April 1886 in Mozufferpore, India,[2] son of an officer in the Indian Police, Abercrombie died serving in World War I as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 31 May 1916 at sea during the Battle of Jutland while serving on HMS Defence which was sunk during the battle after a huge explosion with all hands. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.[2][3][4]
Rugby union
Cecil Abercrombie played for United Services RFC and was capped six times for Scotland in 1910-13.[2][4]
He scored a try in the 1911 game against France.[2]
Cricket
A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pacer, he scored 4 centuries in just 16 matches with a highest score of 165 against Essex. He played for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1913, averaging over 40 and winning his county cap. He also played for the Army and Navy in 1910 and the Royal Navy in 1912 and 1913.
See also
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ↑ profile at scrum.com
- 1 2 3 4 5 Player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 23 February 2010
- ↑ CWGC entry
- 1 2 Bath, p109
External links
- Commonwealth War Graves database
- An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)
- Cecil Abercrombie at Cricinfo
- Cecil Abercrombie at CricketArchive