Henry William Majendie (12 February 1840 – 13 December 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | Henry William Majendie | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1840 Calne, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 December 1923 (aged 83) Charminster, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Vivian Majendie (son) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of George John Majendie, he was born in February 1840 at Calne, Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] matriculating in 1858 at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1863 and M.A. in 1866.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1860.[3] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the Oxford first-innings for 4 runs by William Martingell.[4] While at Oxford, Majendie was a student of the Middle Temple.[1]
After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the Church of England. Having held a number of ecclesiastical posts between 1866 and 1875, he became vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Barnstaple in 1875.[2] From 1884 to 1900, he was the vicar of Tormohun, Devon.[5] From 1904, he was vicar of Ilsham in Torquay,[1] in addition to being an honorary canon of Exeter Cathedral.[6] Majendie died at Charminster in December 1923. His son, Vivian, was a general in the British Army and also played first-class cricket.
References
edit- ^ a b c Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. p. 46.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Majendie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Ellis, Arthur Charles (1930). An Historical Survey of Torquay from the Earliest times. Torquay Directory. p. 234.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1924". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2020.