Lionel Major Explained

Lionel Major
Fullname:Lionel Hugh Major
Birth Date:21 April 1883
Birth Place:Wembdon, Somerset, England
Death Place:Exmouth, Devon, England
Club1:Somerset
Year1:1903
Columns:1
Column1:FC
Matches1:1
Runs1:17
Bat Avg1:8.50
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:11
Deliveries1:16
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:5.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/5
Catches/Stumpings1:0/ -
Date:22 December 2015
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3701/3701.html CricketArchive

Lionel Hugh Major (21 April 1883  - 25 June 1965) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset.[1] [2] He was born in Wembdon, Somerset and died in Exmouth, Devon.

Major made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1903 season, against Sussex.[3] From the tailend, he scored 6 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 11 runs in the second, and he took a single wicket in the Sussex second innings. Press reports for this match describe him as "an amateur from Bridgewater [sic]"; the Somerset side was missing several regular players.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugh Major . cricketarchive.com . subscription . 6 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Lionel Major. espncricinfo.com . 6 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset. 4 June 1903 . cricketarchive.com . subscription . 6 October 2017.
  4. News: Sussex v Somerset . Sheffield Daily Telegraph/British Newspaper Archive . 9 . Sheffield . 5 June 1903.