Frederick Schomberg Ireland (6 April 1860 – 16 March 1937) was an English lawyer and merchant who played cricket as an amateur. Ireland was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm.
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| Full name | Frederick Schomberg Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1860 Port Louis, Mauritius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 March 1937 (aged 76) Menton, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Alan Pegler (grandson) John Frederick Ireland (nephew), Eric Norman Spencer Crankshaw (nephew-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1878–1887 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1879–1883 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 13 June 1878 Kent v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 27 June 1887 Kent v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket
editIreland played club cricket for Blackheath in Kent. He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Hampshire in May 1878 at Southampton. He played a further first-class match that season against Sussex. He next appeared for Kent in 1887, picked after scoring a century for Kent's Second XI against Blackheath. He played twice that year, against Middlesex and Lancashire. During the early 1880s Ireland had been active in club cricket at Sidmouth in Devon and had played for Devon against MCC at Lord's in 1883.[1][2] He was secretary of Blackheath Cricket Club between 1886 and 1891 and played for a variety of amateur sides in Kent, including the Gentlemen of Kent and Band of Brothers.[1]
Ireland's nephew, John Frederick Ireland, also played cricket and made 28 first-class appearances between 1908 and 1912.[3]
Life
editIreland was born at Port Louis in Mauritius,[3] the son of George Ireland, one of the founders of Ireland Fraser & Co. in Mauritius, and his wife, Emily Hartshorne, the daughter of Hugh Hartshorne, a barrister from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4] He was the grandson of The Rev. Dr. Walter Foggo Ireland, minister of the North Leith Parish Church.[5] Ireland was named after his maternal uncle by marriage, Vice Admiral Charles Frederick Schomberg (1815-1874).
He was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School and trained as a lawyer. After working briefly in the profession he became a merchant like his father, living most of his working life in the Blackheath and Charlton areas of Kent.[1] He married Edith Mary in 1861. The couple's daughter, Enid Ireland, married Francis Egerton Pegler, one of the founders of the company now known as Pegler Yorkshire.[6] Her son, Alan Pegler, is known in railway circles as the saviour of the Flying Scotsman 4472 steam locomotive.[7]
An able golfer, Ireland's most memorable achievements at his home course, the Royal Blackeath Golf Club, are detailed in Bernard Darwin's book Green Memories.[7]
Shortly before World War I Ireland moved to Mildenhall in Suffolk where he served as a Justice of the Peace. Edith died in 1914 and he remarried in 1921.[1][8]
Ireland died at Menton in the south of France in March 1937 aged 76.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 292–293. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Frederick Ireland, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ a b c Frederick Ireland, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ George Ireland and Emily Hartshorne, 9 October 1856, Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, p.106. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ Deaths, The Dundee Courier, 14 February 1879.
- ^ Mr. E. F. Pegler of Retford, and Miss Ireland, Sheffield Independent, 8 June 1914.
- ^ a b Obituary, Alan Pegler, The Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2012. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, 14 September 1921, p.195. Ancestry.com.