Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald
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| Full name | Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-Fitzgerald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1835 Torquay, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 1877 (aged 41) Boulge, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1866 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1864 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-FitzGerald (22 December 1835 – 17 December 1877) was an English cricketer. Purcell-FitzGerald was a right-handed batsman. The son of John Purcell-FitzGerald and Augusta Jane Lisle March Phillipps, he was born at Torquay, Devon.[1]
Purcell-FitzGerald made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hampshire at Day's Antelope Ground, Southampton, in 1864.[2] In this match, he scored 8 runs in Sussex's first-innings, before being run out, while in their second-innings, he wasn't required to bat, with Sussex winning the match by 10 wickets.[3] Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance, this time for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Lord's.[2] Purcell-FitzGerald was dismissed for a duck by Sampson Tubb in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings. He wasn't required to bat again in the match, with the Marylebone Cricket Club winning by an innings and 58 runs.[4]
Purcell-FitzGerald married Anne Laurie on 25 January 1860. They had six children, three girls and three boys.[1] He was for many years a resident at The Crouch House in Seaford, Sussex, but died at Boulge Hall, Boulge, Suffolk, on 17 December 1877. His uncle was the poet Edward FitzGerald.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-FitzGerald". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.[unreliable source]
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Hampshire v Sussex, 1864". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Lt.-Col. John Fitzgerald". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.[unreliable source]
External links[edit]
- Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald at ESPNcricinfo
- Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald at CricketArchive
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