Percy Crutchley

Percy Edward Crutchley (24 July 1855 – 16 October 1940) was an English amateur cricketer.

Percy Crutchley
Percy Crutchley in the 1870s
Personal information
Full namePercy Edward Crutchley
Born(1855-07-24)24 July 1855
Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland
Died16 October 1940(1940-10-16) (aged 85)
Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow round-arm
RelationsGerry Crutchley (nephew)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 128
Batting average 32.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 84
Balls bowled 96
Wickets 2
Bowling average 34.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/68
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 May 2018

Crutchley was the son of General Charles Crutchley.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, where he played cricket in the First XI in 1873 and 1874.[2] He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1874, but did not play for the university at cricket; he did, however, win a blue at real tennis.[3] He played regular club cricket for I Zingari from 1874 to 1883.[2]

He played in three first-class cricket matches, one in each of 1876, 1877 and 1878.[4] The first was for Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury in August 1876. Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club followed on 329 runs behind, but in the second innings Crutchley made 84 and put on 227 for the fifth wicket with W. G. Grace, who made a world record individual score of 344 in 380 minutes.[3][5]

He married the Hon. Frederica Louise Fitzroy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton and Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria, on 12 February 1890.[1] Queen Victoria was the godmother of their only child, Victor, born in 1893, who became an admiral in the Royal Navy and was awarded the Victoria Cross.[1]

Crutchley inherited Sunninghill Park, Berkshire, which he owned until he sold it in 1936, after his wife's death in 1932.[6] He was a member of Royal Ascot Cricket Club in Berkshire for 57 years, and served as its president from 1915 to 1924.[7]

References
  1. "Person Page - 7173". The Peerage. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. "Miscellaneous matches played by Percy Crutchley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. Richard Tomlinson, Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was W.G., Little, Brown, London, 2015, pp. 150–51.
  4. "Percy Crutchley". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. "Kent v Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. "Sunninghill Park". berkshirehistory.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. "Presidents". Royal Ascot Cricket Club. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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