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Arthur Fortescue

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Arthur Fortescue
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Trosse Fortescue
Born7 April 1848
Fallapit, Devon, England
Died21 November 1899(1899-11-21) (aged 51)
Marylebone, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868–1871Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 480
Batting average 15.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 68
Balls bowled 686
Wickets 15
Bowling average 19.40
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/28
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 August 2019

Arthur Trosse Fortescue (7 April 1848 – 21 November 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of William Blundell Fortescue, he was born in April 1848 at the Fallapit Estate near East Allington, Devon.[1] He was educated at Marlborough College,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1868. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1871, making a total of sixteen appearances.[4] He scored 420 runs in his sixteen matches, at an average of 14.48 and a high score of 68.[5] With the ball, he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 19.40, with best figures of 3 for 28.[6] In 1872, he appeared once for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University,[4] before taking holy orders and becoming a Church of England clergyman in 1876. He held various curacies until 1883, at which point he became the vicar of Hainton with Sixhills in Lincolnshire.[3] He later toured North America in September–October 1886 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against Philadelphia at Germantown.[4] Fortescue married Clara Harriet Pease in 1894, before dying at Marylebone in November 1899.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Reverend Arthur Trosse Fortescue". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. ^ James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register: 1843-1952 (9 ed.). The College. p. 92.
  3. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, Arthur Trosse" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Fortescue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Fortescue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Fortescue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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