Suffolk Cricketers 1827-2018

9 BEAUMONT-NESBITT, EDWARD JOHN BRADSHAW DOWNING- (1883-85). b 20.11.1860 Butterleigh, Devon (birth registered as Edward John Bradshaw Beaumont and assumed additional names of Downing and Nesbitt in 1886). d 1.1.1944 Penton Mewsey, Andover, Hampshire (as Edward John Downing Beaumont-Nesbitt). Ed: Winchester; OU (Oriel). County Club Joint Secretary (1884). Son-in-law of F.F.Thomas (Sussex). Clubs: Herons Helmingham. BELL, JOHN (1933-37). b 21.1.1910 Hollesley, Woodbridge. d 3.9.1981 Great Hollands, Bracknell, Berkshire. Club: West Kent Wanderers. BELLE, BRIAN HENRY (1939-57). b 7.4.1914 Woodford Green, Essex. d 27.2.2007 Campsea Ashe. Ed: Forest S.; OU (Keble). RHB. RM. Cap (1946). County Club Captain (1949-53), President (1982-89). Also OU (1, 1935-36), Essex (1935-37), MCCA (fc, sc, 1947-52). Tour: Oxford and Cambridge U to Jamaica (1938/39). Football (OU, 2), Corinthians). Club: Felixstowe. BELLWARD, BEN LEWIS (2013). b 10.4.1982 Bury St Edmunds. Ed: Thomas Gainsborough S. RHB. WK. Club: Bury St Edmunds. BENNETT, Lieutenant SYDNEYGARNER (1909-11). b 7.6.1888 Kirkley, Lowestoft. d 20.7.1916 Thieval, Belgium. Ed: East Anglian S.; Higher Grade S., Cambridge; CU (Downing). WK. Club: Lowestoft YMCA. BENSON, H. (1877). Clubs: Felixstowe, Herons. BERNARD, Lieutenant LAURENCE ARTHUR (1906). b 27.8.1886 Copdock. d 20.9.1914 Troyon, Grand Est, France. Ed: Bradfield; RMC, Sandhurst. WK. Club: Easton Ramblers. BERNERS, JOHN ANSTRUTHER (1903-09). b 23.9.1869 Westminster, Middlesex. d 2.3.1934 Woolverstone Park. Ed: Eton. Also Middlesex (1904). Club: Woolverstone Park. BEVAN, DAVID GEORGE (1977). b 11.6.1943 Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Ed: Ipswich S.; Leeds U. RHB. RM. Cap (1977). Also Gloucestershire (1964-70), Eastern Province (1973/74). Club: Old Ipswichian. BEVAN, Captain THOMAS (1933). b 14.2.1900 Crayford, Kent. d 12.6.1942 Tobruk, Libya. Ed: Eton. RHB. Also Army (1928). Club: Household Brigade. BEWSHER, THOMAS WILLIAM (1867). b 9.2.1847 Kirby-le-Soken, Essex. d 25.10.1882 East Bergholt. Ed: Gresham’s S., Holt. Club: Earl Soham. BILBROUGH, SIMON MARK CRISPIN (1970). b 25.10.1947 Felixstowe. d 25.5.2011 Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton, Sussex. Club: Felixstowe. BILHAM, JAMES (1863-66). b 4Q,1839 Banham, Norfolk. d 1.8.1909 Eye. Clubs: Suffolk Borderers, Walsham Le Willows. BIRD, Rev. FREDERIC NASH (1910-14). b 13.12.1875 Framlingham. d 3.3.1965 Chichester, Sussex. Ed: Salisbury S.; Trinity C Dublin; Wells Theological C. RHB. RM. Also Gloucestershire (1899-1900), Northamptonshire (1908-09), MCCA (sc, 1906), Buckinghamshire (1896-1907), Devon (1920-25, Cap). Brother of H.J. (Buckinghamshire). Clubs: Old Wellingburians, Croydon. BIRKS, DOUGLAS THOMAS MONTAGUE (1938-48). b 4.7.1919 Roche, Cornwall. d 26.2.2004 Ledbury, Herefordshire. Ed: Radley C.; OU (Trinity). RHB. RFM. Clubs: Radley College, Isotherms. BISHOP, JUSTIN EDWARD (2000-15). b 4.1.1982 Bury St Edmunds. Ed: County Upper S.; Durham U. LHB. LFM. Cap. County Club Captain (2009-14). Also Essex (1999-2005), Durham UCCE (2002-04), British Universities (2003), England u19 (7, odi 8, 1999-2000/01). Tour: England u19 to India (2000/01). Son of K.C. Club: Bury St Edmunds. BLACKER, Rev. VALENTINE SAMUELBARRY (1847). b 17.7.1819 Madras, India. d 10.9.1858 Gais, Switzerland. Ed: OU (Christ Church). Clubs: Aldeburgh, Bury and Suffolk. BLACKSHAW, WILFRED LESLIE (1946-48). b 14.1.1910 Gateshead, Durham. d 6.4.1997 Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Ed: King Edward VI GS., Lichfield; Kent C., Canterbury. Clubs: North Suffolk Nomads, Kerrison School. BLAKE, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK (1867-83). b 16.4.1847 Worthing, Sussex. d 16.4.1884 Bury St Edmunds (suicide). Ed: King Edward VI GS. RA. Club: Bury and West Suffolk. BLAKE, Rev. HENRY BUNBURY (1844). b 14.5.1820 Midhurst, Sussex. d 20.4.1873 Hessett Rectory. Ed: CU (Trinity). Brother of W.G., nephew of T.G. and W.R. Club: Bury. BLAKE, THOMAS GAGE (1828-45). c 10.4.1805 Midhurst Sussex. d 25.3.1895 Bury St Edmunds. WK. Also Sussex (1830), England (1829). Brother of W.R., uncle of H.B. and W.G. Club: Bury. BLAKE, WILLIAM GAGE (1844-55). b 14.11.1821 Midhurst, Sussex. d 4.7.1889 Nowton Hall, Bury St Edmunds. Ed: CU (Peterhouse). Brother of H.B., nephew of T.G. and W.R. Club: Bury. BLAKE, Rev. WILLIAM ROBERT (1827-31). c 28.2.1800 Midhurst, Sussex. d 6.12.1867 The Vicarage, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds. Ed: OU (Merton). Brother of T.G., uncle of H.B. and W.G. Club: Bury.