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English cricketer, tea merchant

Erroll Sinclair
Personal information
Full nameErroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair
Born10 September 1904
Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Died24 February 1954(1954-02-24) (aged 49)
aboard RMS Orion, off Marsa Alam, Egypt
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924Oxford University
1926/27Ceylon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 126
Batting average 12.60
100s/50s –/–
Top score 37
Balls bowled 1,005
Wickets 19
Bowling average 33.63
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/56
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2020

Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair (10 September 1904 – 24 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and tea merchant in Ceylon.

Sinclair was born in September 1904 at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1924, with Sinclair featuring in four first-class matches for Oxford, including The University Match against Cambridge. He scored 87 runs for Oxford in his four matches, with a high score of 37, while with his leg break bowling he took 12 wickets at an average of 33.33, with best figures of 3 for 65.

After graduating from Oxford, sinclair travelled to British Ceylon where he became assistant manager of the Mousa Ella tea plantation in 1926. While in Ceylon, he featured in further first-class matches during the Marylebone Cricket Club's tour of Ceylon in January and February 1927, playing one match apiece for the Europeans (Ceylon), an Up-Country XI and an All-Ceylon XI. His career best bowling figures of 4 for 56 came for the Up-Country XI. Sinclair died at sea in September 1954 aboard RMS Orion off the coast of Marsa Alam, Egypt.

References

  1. Herdy, John Henry (1923). Winchester College, 1867-1920. P. and G. Wells. p. 538.
  2. Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1925. p. 469.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. "E.H. Sinclair - Career Details". www.historyofceylontea.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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