Wiltshire Cricketers 1858-2014

MARTIN, GEORGE (1900-01). b 29.11.1873 Swindon. d 25.2.1963 Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. Also Hampshire (1898-99). Club: Ordnance Survey (Hampshire). MARTIN, MICHAEL HADDON (1949-65). b 11.5.1928 Startley, Chippenham. d 27.4.2011 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. LHB. RF. Cap. Club: Chippenham. MASON, DAVID WILLIAM (1989). b 6.2.1970 Solihull, Warwickshire. Ed: St Augustine’s Catholic C, Trowbridge; Plymouth U. RHB. RM. Club: Trowbridge. MASTER, Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE (1928-29). b 19. 9.1882 Ealing, Middlesex. d 17.1.1958 Bath, Somerset. Ed: Bradfield; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. WK. Also Royal Engineers (1910-19). Club: Corsham. MATHEWS, GERALD WILLIAM (1906-21). b 14.5.1884 Highworth. d 9.11.1952 Stratton St Margaret. Brother of H.G. Club: Swindon. MATHEWS, HERBERT GEORGE (1911-12). b 24.7.1885 Highworth. d 6.3.1955 Swindon. Brother of G.W. Club: Swindon. MATHEWS, JOHN KENNETH (1902-05). b 6.2.1884 Harlow, Essex. d 6.4.1962 Worthing, Sussex. Ed: Felsted; CU (Clare). RHB. Also Sussex (1909-30). Hockey (Great Britain (1912 Olympics), England, CU). Father of K.P.A. (Sussex). Clubs: Felsted School, Worthing. MATON, LEONARD JAMES (1863). b 24.1.1845 Collingbourne Ducis. d 15.4.1933 Bath, Somerset. Ed: Rugby; OU (Lincoln). One of three solicitors who drew up the first rules of Rugby Union and then President of Rugby Football Union (1875-76). Club: Wiltshire Wanderers. MATTHEWS, ALAN IVOR (1948). b 3.5.1913 Keynsham, Somerset. d 1996 Port Macquarie, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. RHB. RFM. Also Gloucestershire (1933-38). Club: Frenchay (pro). MAY, ALFRED JOHN (“JACK”) (1935-54). b 24.3.1908 Collingbourne Kingston. d 15.5.1997 Devizes. Ed: Brighton C. Cap (1936). Clubs: Ramsbury, Pewsey Vale. MAYNARD, IAN KEITH (1995-96). b 8.3.1971 Basingstoke, Hampshire. Ed: Queen Mary’s C. LHB. Also Hampshire II (1989-92), ESCA (1990). Club: Basingstoke and North Hampshire. MAYO, Dr. EDMUND GODFREY (1891). b 26.4.1867 Corsham. d 3.7.1943 Maresfield, Sussex. Ed: Clifton C; OU (Trinity). Brother of J.P. Club: Corsham MAYO, JOHN PYM (1891). b 31.1.1872 Corsham. d 13.6.1952 Burgess Hill, Sussex. Ed: Clifton C; OU (Balliol). Brother of E.G. Club: Corsham. MEALE, ROBERT GERALD JAMES (“GERRY”) (1968-84). b 18.12.1947 Hammersmith, Middlesex. Ed: Walcot West S. RHB. WK. Cap (1974). Club: Swindon BR. MEDLICOTT, WALTER SANDFIELD (1898-1912). b 28.8.1879 Potterne. d 24.6.1970 Old Fodderlie, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Ed: Harrow; OU (Magdalen). RHB. Also OU (1, 1901-02), MCCA (sc, 1901). Club: Free Foresters. MEEHAN, PAUL (1963-89). b 12.3.1938 Liverpool, Lancashire. Ed: St Mary’s C, Crosby. RHB. SLA. Cap (1971). Football (Everton Reserves, Marine, Trowbridge Town, Devizes). Clubs: Devizes, Chippenham, Lansdown, Swindon BR. MEEK, ALEXANDER GRANT (1874). (changed surname to Grant-Meek in 1901). b 23.11.1843 Devizes. d 18.9.1917 Devizes. Ed: Harrow; OU (Magdalen). County Club President (1905). Clubs: Devizes, Savernake Forest. MERCER, DAVID JEREMY MATTHEW (1981-96). b 7.5.1962 Warrington, Lancashire. Ed: Bishop Wordsworth’s S; Bedford C. RHB. OB. occ WK. Cap (1986). County Club Captain (1995-96). Also Berkshire (1989-94), Bedfordshire (1998-2005), England Amateur XI (1990). Clubs: Hale, South Wilts, Reading. MEREWETHER, Captain CHRISTOPHER KEN (1912). b 26.5.1890 North Bradley, Trowbridge. d 20.12.1917 Port Said, Egypt. Ed: Winchester; OU (Oriel). MERRIMAN, HARRY MOWBRAY (1882). b 7.12.1856 Bridgnorth, Shropshire. d 14.10.1937 Kensington, Middlesex. Ed: Sherborne; OU (Brasenose). Also Dorset (1876), Herefordshire (1878-79). Club: Old Shirburians. MERRYWEATHER, IAN JAMES (1981). b 25.8.1961 Chippenham. Ed: Sheldon S. LHB. RM. Brother of R.J., son of J.H. Club: Chippenham. MERRYWEATHER, JAMES HERBERT (“JIM”) (1954-79). b 2.5.1929 Rowlands Gill, Co Durham. d 19.2.2000 Bath, Somerset. RHB. OB. Cap (1954). Also MCCA (South BHC, sc,1962-72). Bowls (Wiltshire). Father of I.J. and R.J. Club: Chippenham. 27