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2 August 1885 Brentford, Middlesex, England |
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15 May 1949 (aged 63) Hawkhurst, Kent, England |
Eric Bramley Elstob OBE (2 August 1885 – 15 May 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
The son of John George Elstob and Frances Alice Elstob, he was born at Brentford in August 1885. He was educated at Marlborough College.[1] Elstob's career with the Royal Navy began as a clerk at The Admiralty, with him promoted to assistant paymaster in August 1906.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1913.[3] He served with the navy during the First World War and was promoted to the rank of paymaster commander in August 1918.[4] He was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours for services rendered while serving as secretary to Rear-Admiral Cecil Dampier.[5] Elstob later made a second and final first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the British Army at Lord's in 1923.[3] He returned to Marlborough College in 1933, alongside two other Old Marlburians who had served on the recently scrapped HMS Marlborough, where he presented the ship's bell to the college.[6] He held the rank of paymaster commander by 1935, with promotion to the rank of paymaster captain coming in July of the same year.[7] Elstob served in the first year of the Second World War, before being placed on the retired list in August 1940.[8] He died at Hawkhurst in May 1949. His brother Wilfrith was posthumously the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
References[]
- ↑ L. Warwick, James (1952) (in en). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1952 (9th ed.). Marlborough College. pp. 426. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_fltrlsDDi8C.
- ↑ "No. 27939". 10 August 1906. p. 5515. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27939/page/5515
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "First-Class Matches played by Eric Elstob". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29279/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ↑ "No. 30852". 20 August 1918. p. 9701. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30852/page/9701
- ↑ "No. 31413". 20 June 1919. p. 7905. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31413/supplement/7905
- ↑ Welch, Frances (2011) (in en). The Russian Court at Sea: The voyage of HMS Marlborough, April 1919. Short Books. pp. 181. ISBN 1907595732. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g0c17iP88AsC.
- ↑ "No. 34176". 2 July 1935. p. 4257. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34176/page/4257
- ↑ "No. 34915". 6 August 1940. p. 4808. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34915/page/4808
External links[]
- Player profile: E from ESPNcricinfo
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