Lives in Cricket No 15 - Michael Falcon

146 Fakenham and District 58 Falcon, Andrew (grandson) 97 Falcon, Claire (granddaughter) 97 Falcon, Greta (sister-in-law) 15 Falcon, Isabella (sister) 10, 16 Falcon, Joseph Henry (‘Harry’) (brother) 10, 15, 41, 42, 47 Falcon, Mary (daughter) 94, 98 Falcon, Michael all-rounder in Minor Counties cricket 82, 123-126 amateur status 125, 127, 129 ancestry and birth 10, 11 article on spin bowling in The Cricketer magazine 112 Ashes tour of 1924/25 118 barrister in London 25, 25 , 45, 45 batting 5, 19, 20,, 21, 27, 28, 36, 59, 63, 65, 71, 81-83, 86, 91, 92, 92 batting achievements: for Cambridge U v M.C.C., 1908 19 for Cambridge U v Sussex, 1911 26 for Norfolk v Hertfordshire, 1920 59 Norfolk v Hertfordshire, 1946 105 ‘behind the scenes’ work for Norfolk cricket 5, 57, 60, 69-70, 89-91, 93, 108, 113, 126 ‘bodyline’ sub-Committee 39, 40 bowling 23, 30, 31, 34-36, 58-60, 63, 65, 68, 70-75, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, 89, 90, 109, 119 bowling achievements: for Cambridge U v Indians, 1911 26 for L.Robinson’s XI v South Africans, 1912 31 for Incogniti v Philadelphia, 1913 33, 34 for Free Foresters v Cambridge U, 1914 36 for Gentlemen v A.I.F., 1919 58, 59, 117-119 for MacLaren’s side v Australians, 1921 62-65, 64 , 71, 72, 117, 129, 130 for Minor Counties North v South, 1925 74 for Minor Counties v Australians, 1926 75, 76 , 77 captain of Cambridge University 21, 22, 26 possible captain of England 120, 121 captain of Minor Counties side, 1924 71-73, 72 , 117-118 captain of Norfolk 8, 23-26, 28, 31, 49, 76 , 81, 82, 84, 85 , 86-88, 90, 91, 99, 104, 106, 120, 121, 126-127 Challenge match defeat, 1922 66 character 50, 53, 96, 97, 101, 112, 114 children’s achievements 96-98 clustering of wickets in first-class games 74 Conservative Party chairman at Yarmouth 89, 103, 106 death and funeral service 113, 114 director of Norwich Union and Lacon brewery 92, 93, 102, 108, 108 , 109, 113 encouragement of Bill Edrich 83, 94, 98-100 general elections of 1918 to 1923 42-54, 56, 69, 89 emergence as a bowler 13, 22, 23, 26, 27 family life at North Burlingham 40, 83, 93-97, 94 , 95 , 101, 103, 112 fielding 23, 126 first player to score century and take hat-trick in a Minor Counties game 143 Falcon Cup competition 69 friendship with Frank Mann 20, 25, 39, 94 life at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 56, 57 , 57, 92 High Sheriff of Norfolk 102, 102 Home Guard service 101, 102 , 103 hop merchant 56, 92 long-serving captain of Norfolk 8, 10, 123 loyalty to Norfolk 8, 9, 26, 36, 115, 116, 119, 121, 123, 126 Alf Mace’s recollections 106, 107 makes initial impression as a batsman 12-15, 13 , 17, 19, 20 M.C.C. Committee membership 38-40, 87 marrying Kathleen Gascoigne 54, 55 Member of Parliament for East Norfolk 46-51 Middlesex qualification 26, 115 military service in Great War; mentioned in dispatches 41-44, 41 , 46, 95 differences with National Farmers’ Union 44, 46-48 N.P.F.A. certificate presentation 113 Norfolk club chairman and president 108 Index