Douglas Gray Spiro (21 December 1863 – 16 January 1935) was an Australian-born English cricketer who played in 12 first-class matches for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1883 and 1890.[1] He was born in Melbourne and died in Westminster, London.
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| Full name | Douglas Gray Spiro | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1863 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1935 (aged 71) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1883–1885 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1883–1890 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Though Spiro was born in Australia, his father is noted in the Cambridge alumni directory as "Ferdinand" of Brighton.[2] Spiro was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, though after 1885 he transferred to Downing College, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket for Harrow and appeared in the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's in both 1881 and 1882.[1] As a cricketer, he played as a right-handed middle-order batsman; he also bowled right-arm medium-pace, though he did not bowl in first-class cricket.[1] He was successful as a batsman only occasionally. In 1883, playing for MCC, he made 47 against Derbyshire.[3] The following year, he made the same score again, this time for MCC against the Cambridge University side.[4] That innings propelled him into the Cambridge side for the 1884 University Match against Oxford University, but he was not successful, making scores of 10 and 0.[5]
On leaving Cambridge University, Spiro became a "mining agent" and was described as "of Maidenhead".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Douglas Spiro". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ a b c J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Douglas Gray Spiro". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 608. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 July 1883. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 June 1884. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 June 1884. Retrieved 28 May 2017.