Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

22 Chapter Four Marriage Although Llewellyn lived for a time at T.S.Mercury , to discover how long he made his home there requires a little detective work. As early as 5 February 1901, he married Lucy Agatha Madge Burgess, aged 22, the daughter of James Burgess, of independent means, whose home was 23 Broadley Terrace, near Marylebone Station in Central London. On his marriage certificate, Llewellyn described himself as a ‘commercial clerk’ of 12 Hillside Cottages, Fordington Hill, Dorchester, Dorset. Whether this was a temporary home for purposes of his qualification to be married in Hardy Country can only be guessed at. The names of the witnesses at the Register Office, Douglas H.Marrable and Job Baggs, sound bucolic. Why at the Register Office and why in Dorset? The new Mrs Llewellyn was born in Dorset and so presumably had relatives in the county. As to the Register Office, the answer ties in with the arrival in June 1901 of Madge Ella A. Llewellyn, who was born in South Stoneham District, just north of Southampton. Her parents had been well-acquainted as early as September 1900. A sister, Dorothy, was born three years later and they were joined by two more daughters by 1910. Dorothy became Mrs Anderton, and her son, now in his seventies, remembers being taken to Hamble by his mother and shown where her family had lived. She must have been aged at least four or five to have retained that memory, which suggests that the family lived in the vicinity of Hamble for most, if not all, of Buck’s career with Hampshire and that his residence in Dorchester was brief. When, at last, the two-year period of residence was up, Buck made his first championship appearance for Hampshire against Lancashire at the United Services Ground, Portsmouth, on 6 May 1901. No Hampshire batsman was at ease; only Tom Soar troubled the visiting batsmen, and so Lancashire won by eight wickets, with Johnny Tyldesley contributing the only 50 of the match. During the game, finished in two days, Buck scored 11 and 18; his contributions to the attack were three wickets for 74 and one for 32. There followed a rain-spoiled match, against Surrey