Anthony Abdy (cricketer)
Brigadier-General Anthony John Abdy, CB, CBE (26 April 1856 – 4 July 1924) was a British Army officer and first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire.
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| Full name | Anthony John Abdy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1856 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 July 1924 (aged 68) La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1881 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military career
Abdy was born in Cambridge, the son of John Thomas Abdy, Regis Professor of Law at Cambridge and a County Court Judge. He was educated at Charterhouse School and commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1876.
He was promoted captain on 5 December 1884, major on 22 July 1893, and lieutenant colonel on 29 November 1900. In February 1902 he received a temporary staff appointment as Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster General for military intelligence at Army Headquarters.[1]
He was later promoted to brigadier general, and served in the First World War.
Cricket
Abdy, who played for Essex prior to their entrance into first-class cricket, made his only first-class appearance during the 1881 season, for Hampshire against Marylebone Cricket Club. From the opening order, Abdy scored 7 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 23 runs in the second. He became a notable Army cricketer with the Royal Artillery, Southern Division.
Abdy's brother-in-law Lothian Bonham-Carter, and nephews Stuart and Algernon Bonham-Carter, were also cricketers and distant relatives of the actress Helena Bonham Carter.
References
- "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2693.
- Gazetted as Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General), 1914
External links
- Anthony Abdy at CricketArchive
- Anthony Adby at Cricinfo