Country: | England |
Fullname: | Mortimer Granville Tollemache |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1872 |
Birth Place: | Westminster, London, England |
Death Place: | Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Family: | Lord Garlies (uncle) John Head (brother-in-law) |
Club1: | Cambridge University |
Year1: | 1891–1893 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 151 |
Bat Avg1: | 10.06 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 28 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
Date: | 26 January |
Year: | 2023 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mortimer-tollemache-21876 Cricinfo |
Mortimer Granville Tollemache (12 April 1872 – 27 March 1950) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in nine matches for Cambridge University between 1891 and 1893.[1] He was born at Westminster, London and died at Sudbury, Suffolk.
Tollemache was the eleventh son of John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache and one of 14 children.[2] He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, though the directory of Cambridge University alumni does not state that he emerged with a degree.[2] As a cricketer, he played as a right-handed middle-order batsman and appeared three times in the Eton v Harrow match.[1] At Cambridge, he was played in early season matches across all three years from 1891 to 1893, but failed to make much impact, and was not awarded a Blue in any of the seasons. His best score in his nine games was 28, made in the second innings of his second game in 1891, a match between the Cambridge eleven and a scratch side raised by A. J. Webbe.[3]
Tollemache became a banker, based at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. In the First World War, he served as a captain in the Suffolk Regiment's Territorial Force and was mentioned in dispatches.[2]