| Montague Ainslie | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Montague Mordaunt Ainslie |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1823 |
| Birth Place: | Humeerpore, British India |
| Death Place: | Windermere, Westmorland, England |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 98 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.44 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 16 |
| Deliveries1: | ? |
| Wickets1: | 4 |
| Bowl Avg1: | ? |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/? |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 27 April |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8870.html ESPNcricinfo |
Montague Mordaunt Ainslie (8 May 1823 – 22 March 1896) was an English barrister and a cricketer active in the 1840s, making ten appearances in first-class cricket.
Eldest son of Montague Ainslie, sometime of Bengal,[1] and Sophia Mary, daughter of George Poyntz Ricketts,[2] he was born at Humeerpore in British India. His brother William George Ainslie was a businessman and politician.[3] [4]
Ainslie attended Eton College, where he captained the college cricket team, before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1841; he graduated B.A in 1845. Entering Gray's Inn on 22 November 1845, he was called to the bar on 20 November 1850.[1]
Ainslie had a successful career as a barrister; from the 1860s until 1871, he was counsel to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and was examiner of election recognizances.[1]
While at Oxford he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Bullingdon Green in 1843. He played first-class cricket for Oxford on seven further occasions up to 1845.[5] He later made two further appearances in first-class matches, playing for the MCC against Oxford University in 1847, before playing for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England in 1849.[5] A poor batsman of unknown-handedness, Ainslie scored 98 runs in his ten first-class matches, averaging just 5.44.[6] As a bowler it is known he took 4 wickets, however due to incomplete records, it is only known that he took a maximum of 3 in one innings.[6]
Ainslie inherited his father's property, Hawkshead, at Grizedale, Ambleside, on the east side of Windermere, Westmorland (the estate, per some accounts, reckoned to be part of Lancashire),[4] [7] where he died on 22 March 1896. He was a Justice of the peace for Lancashire.[1] [3]