The Reverend Frederick Meyrick Meyrick-Jones (14 January 1867 – 25 October 1950), born Frederic Meyrick Jones, was an English clergyman, school teacher and cricketer who played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1887 and 1896 as a wicket-keeper.
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| Full name | Frederick Meyrick Meyrick-Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1867 Blackheath, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 October 1950 (aged 83) Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1886–1890 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1887–1888 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1893–1896 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 12 May 1887 Cambridge University v CI Thornton's XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 6 July 1896 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editMeyrick-Jones was born at Blackheath in what was then part of Kent in 1867, the son of the Reverend George Meyrick-Jones.[1][2] He was educated at Marlborough College where he played cricket for the school team as a "hard-hitting batsman" before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He played occasionally for the Gentlemen of Hampshire team and for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1886 and 1890 at a time whilst the county was not considered first-class, and made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 1887. He played against the touring Australians in 1888 and won a Blue the same year.[3][4] As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets at school and university, winning the Challenge Cup in 1888.[5]
Professional and sporting life
editAfter graduating, Meyrick-Jones was ordained and became a curate and a preparatory school master at Elstree School where he was also curate until 1896 when he moved to St Agnes Church in Bristol, changing his surname from Jones to Meyrick-Jones in 1893. He played occasional first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club during this period, making a total of six appearances for the county between 1893 and 1896.[4][6]
In 1899 he became the manager of the Rugby School Mission, a religious mission in the deprived neighbourhood of Notting Dale in North Kensington, West London, aimed at improving conditions for the population of the area.[7][8][9] He served there until 1905, promoting rugby union in the area,[7] afterwards moving to Holt in Norfolk where he ran a private school teaching boys classed as "difficult", based from 1909 to 1915 at Voewood just outside the town.[2][6][10][11][12] He made a single appearance for Norfolk County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship in 1909.[4]
As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets, competing in the first Racquets Championships at Queen's Club, and was an accomplished billiards player.[6]
Family and later life
editMeyrick-Jones married Olive White in 1908, with whom he had one son.[6] He is notable for restoring Woodlands Manor at Mere in Wiltshire from 1922, an early attempt to restore a medieval manor house. The house had been in his family since the 18th century and is now a Grade I listed building.[13][14] He died at Shaftesbury in Dorset in 1950 aged 83.[1] His Wisden obituary noted that he had been "an antiquarian of some note".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Frederic Meyrick-Jones, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ a b Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive, fifth edition, 1905, p.362. Oxford: Horace Hart. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-09.)
- ^ a b c Meyrick-Jones, Rev. Frederic, Obituaries in 1950, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1951. Retrieve 2018-12-09.
- ^ a b c Frederic Meyrick-Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1933, eighth edition, 1936, p.303. London: Dean and Son. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-09.)
- ^ a b c d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp.384–385. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b The Rev. F. Meyrick Jones, The Times, 1950-12-20, p.8.
- ^ Gladstone F (2015) Notting Hill in bygone days, The Underground Map, 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ Corsan J (2009) For Poulton and England: The life and times of an Edwardian rugby hero, p.94. Leicester: Matador. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-09.)
- ^ Voewood, Historic England. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ Voewood – a "Most interesting house", High Kelling Parish Council, 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ A very rock n roll house, The Lady. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ Jeater D (2020) County Cricket: Sundry Extras (second edition), p.115. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Woodlands Manor, National Heritage List for England, Historic England. Retrieved 2020-12-21.