Isaac Ingram Explained

Isaac Ingram
Fullname:Isaac Ingram
Birth Date:14 May 1855
Birth Place:Leigh, Kent
Death Place:Leigh, Kent
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Kent
Year1:1878–1879
Hidedeliveries:true
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:12
Runs1:112
Bat Avg1:5.89
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:25
Catches/Stumpings1:8/7
Date:2 January
Year:2012
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15427.html Cricinfo

Isaac Ingram (14 May 1855 – 19 November 1947) was an English professional cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Leigh near Tonbridge in Kent in 1855.[1] [2]

Ingram made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against MCC in May 1878 at Lord's. He played a total of 11 times for the county in 1878 before appearing one final time against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury in 1879.[3] In local cricket he played for Leigh Cricket Club and for Chiddingstone Causeway where he worked making Dukes cricket balls in the company's factory.[4] [5]

Ingram received a pension of 7/6d from Kent until he died at Leigh in November 1947 aged 92.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15427.html Isaac Ingram
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 291–292. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30535/30535.html Isaac Ingram
  4. Rowley C (2009) Ike Ingram, 1855–1947, Leigh and District Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. http://www.leighcc.co.uk/history.htm A potted history of Leigh CC