Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake Explained

Country:England
Fullname:Thomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake
Birth Date:5 November 1926
Birth Place:Paddington, London, England
Death Place:Sidcup, Kent, England
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Cambridge University
Year1:1946 - 1948
Club2:Hertfordshire
Year2:1946 - 1958
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:4
Runs1:122
Bat Avg1:15.25
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:38
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Date:31 May
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22002.html Cricinfo

Thomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake (5 November 1926  - 8 March 2008) was an English first-class cricketer.

Tyrwhitt-Drake was born at Paddington in November 1926, to Reverend Charles William Tyrwhitt-Drake.[1] He was educated at Haileybury, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Somerset at Bath in 1946.[3] He made two further first-class appearances for Cambridge University, playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1946 and Leicestershire in 1948.[3] He scored 73 runs for Cambridge across six innings, with a top score of 33.[4] Eleven years later he made a final appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Oxford University.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Tyrwhitt-Drake also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1946 - 58, making 85 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]

He graduated from Trinity with a master's degree in 1949,[2] and married Muriel Ann Makgill in September 1955, with the couple having three children.[1] He died at Sidcup in March 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake . www.thepeerage.com . 2019-05-31.
  2. Book: Cambridge University List of Members . Cambridge University Press . 1976 . 944 . en.
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake . CricketArchive . 2019-05-31 . subscription.
  4. Web site: First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake . CricketArchive . 2019-05-31 . subscription.
  5. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake . CricketArchive . 2019-05-31 . subscription.