Devon Cricketers 1859-2012

FORTESCUE, Rev. ARTHUR TROSSE (1865-84). b 7.4.1848 Fallapit, Totnes. d 21.11.1899 Marylebone, Middlesex. Ed: Marlborough; OU (Christ Church). RHB. Also Warwickshire (1878), Essex (1882), OU (3, 1868-70), Norfolk (1879-80), Lincolnshire (1889-93). Tour: E.J.Sanders to North America. Clubs: Teignbridge, Torquay, Sidmouth. FORTESCUE, MATTHEW REYMUNDO (1873). b 3.12.1854 Jersey. d 15.12.1876 Ceylon. Ed: Sherborne. Also Dorset (1874). Club: Kingsbridge. FORWARD, EDGAR DENNIS (1951-56). b 5.5.1931 Marley Farm, Bolham, Tiverton. d 20.12.2007 Tiverton. SLA. Cap (1954). Grandfather of C.H (Hampshire II). Club: Heathcoat. FOX, Colonel FRANCIS JOHN (1883-85). b 20.9.1857 County Westmeath, Ireland. d 27.2.1902 Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Ed: RMA, Woolwich. Clubs: Teignbridge, Exmouth. FOX, JOHN GEORGE (“JACKIE”) (1968-69). b 22.7.1929 Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. RHB. WK. Also Durham (1949-64), Warwickshire (1959-61), MCCA (sc, 1957). Club: Torquay (pro). FRANCIS, Dr. CONWAY JAMES (1890). b 27.4.1870 Westbury on Trym, Clifton, Bristol. d 15.4.1924 Staple Hill, Clifton, Bristol. Ed: Blundell’s; Guy’s College Hospital. RHB. RF. Also Gloucestershire (1895). Brother of H.H. (South Africa, Gloucestershire). Club: Blundell’s School. FRANCIS, HUGH ALBERT (1892-1905). b 2.1866 Badwell Ash, Suffolk. d 5.12.1955 Clitheroe, Lancashire. Ed: Bury St Edmund’s S; OU (Keble). LHB. Cap. Also Suffolk (1889-91). Brother of P.T. (Worcestershire), J. (Suffolk), father of J.G. (Suffolk), nephew of D. (Suffolk). Clubs: South Devon, Torquay. FREEMAN, Captain HARRY GUY VERNON MEYRICK (1911). b 26.7.1887 Holsworthy. d 17.4.1926 King’s Nympton, Chulmleigh. Ed: Brighton C; Wellington; RMC, Sandhurst. Also Europeans (India) (1910/11). Club: Torquay. FREEMAN, JOHN P. (1902). b 1871 Bow, Crediton. Club: Devon County Asylum. FRENCH, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. EDWARD GERALD FLEMING (1924-27). b 11.12.1883 Woburn, Bedfordshire. d 17.9.1970 Hove, Sussex. Ed: Wellington. LHB. Cap. Club: United Services (Plymouth). FRENCH, WILLIAM THOMAS (1931-38). b 29.4.1906 Newton Abbot. d 5.12.1992 Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot. Cap (1931). Club: South Devon. FRIEND, TERENCE ROGER (“TERRY”) (1971-74). b 27.2.1946 Crediton. Ed: Torquay GS. RHB. M. Clubs: Paignton, Torquay. FULCHER, EDWARD ARTHUR (“TED”) (1905-30). b 4Q.1884 Ospringe, Faversham, Kent. d 2.2.1946 Quest, Sidmouth. Cap. Also MCCA (SvN, 1927), Kent II (1909). MCCA Umpire. Clubs: Torquay, South Devon, Sidmouth. FULLAM, ERNEST BELTRAN (1904). b 17.10.1875 Hull, Yorkshire. d 6.3.1959 Lamesley, Co. Durham. Club: Torquay. FURSDON, EDWARD DAVID (1981). b 20.12.1952 Bitchet Green, Kent. Ed: Sherborne; OU (St John’s). RHB. RMF. Also OU (2)(1973-75), Combined Universities (1975), Kent II (1975). Club: Thorverton. GAMBLE, FREDERICK CHARLES (“FRED”) (1939). b 29.5.1905 Charing Cross, Middlesex. d 15.5.1965 Lambeth, Surrey. RHB. RM. Also Surrey (1933-35), Leicestershire II (1924). Football (Brentford, West Ham United, Aldershot, Reading). Club: Torquay (pro). GARDE, Engineer Commander (RN) ROBERT BOLES (1893). b 1863 Timoleage, Co Cork, Ireland. d 29.10.1921 Dover, Kent. Ed: Midleton C, Co Cork; Stoke Damerel Training C. WK. Club: Plymouth. GARDINER, GRAEME CHARLES (1976). b 10.4.1948 Paddington, Middlesex. RHB. Occ WK. Club: Torquay. GARDNER, Major HAROLD BRIAN CROWDER (1955-56). b 3.1.1921 India. d 3.11.2006 Newstead, Queensland, Australia. Ed: St Lawrence C, Ramsgate; RMC, Sandhurst. Also Royal Artillery (1949-61). Club: Royal Artillery. GARNHAM, MICHAEL ANTHONY (“MIKE”) (1976-77). b 20.8.1960 Johannesburg, South Africa. Ed: Park S, Barnstaple; North Devon C; U of East Anglia. RHB. WK. Also Gloucestershire (1978-79), Leicestershire (1980-88), Essex (1989-95, Cap (1990)), MCCA (sc,BHC, 1987-88), Cambridgeshire (1986-88), England YC (2, 1977-78/79), NAYC (1977-78). Tours: EYC to Australia, ESCA to India. Club: North Devon.