Duncombe Buckley Explained

Fullname:Duncombe Frederick Buckley
Birth Date:14 July 1831
Birth Place:Bodenham, Wiltshire, England
Death Place:Sevastopol, Russian Empire
Family:Alfred Buckley (brother)
Cyril Buckley (great-nephew)
Batting:Unknown
Club1:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year1:1851 - 1852
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:9
Bat Avg1:3.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:4
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:17 April
Year:2021
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10538.html Cricinfo

Duncombe Frederick Buckley (14 July 1831 – 6 September 1855) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of the politician Edward Pery Buckley, he was born in October 1829 at the family home New Hall at Bodenham, Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton College.[1] Buckley played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on two occasions, playing against Cambridge University on both occasions at Fenner's and Lord's in 1851 and 1852, respectively,[2] though without success as he scored just 9 runs across his two matches.[3] He played alongside his brother, Alfred, in both matches. Buckley served in the British Army during the Crimean War, purchasing the ranks of lieutenant and captain in Royal Scots Fusiliers in October 1853. He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Alma in September 1854, but later returned to his regiment.[4] Buckley was killed in action the following September while posting sentries in the trenches at the Siege of Sevastopol.[1] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Eton College Register. Spottiswode & Co., Ltd. Eton. 63. 978-1141069019.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Duncombe Buckley. CricketArchive. 2021-04-17. subscription.
  3. Web site: First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Duncombe Buckley. CricketArchive. 2021-04-17. subscription.
  4. Web site: Nunton & Bodenham - Memorial to Duncombe F B Buckley 1857. www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk. 2021-04-17.
  5. The Army. Hampshire Advertiser. 15 September 1855. p. 3