Mortimer Tollemache Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mortimer Tollemache . www.cricketarchive.com . subscription . 25 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Alumni Cantabrigienses: Mortimer Tollemache . J. Venn and J. A. Venn . Part 6. www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press . 201 . 25 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Scorecard: Cambridge University v A. J. Webbe's XI . 11 May 1891 . www.cricketarchive.com . subscription . 25 June 2017.