Philip Vanderbyl (cricketer)

English cricketer, traveller, hunter and soldier

Philip Vanderbyl

Personal information

Full name

Philip Breda Vanderbyl

Born

11 November 1867
Kensington, Middlesex, England

Died

20 March 1930(1930-03-20) (aged 62)
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt

Batting

Unknown

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1900

Career statistics

Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2021

Philip Breda Vanderbyl (11 November 1867 – 20 March 1930) was an English first-class cricketer, traveller, hunter and soldier.

The son of the politician Philip Vanderbyl, he was born at Kensington in November 1867. He later studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and played one first-class match for the club against Worcestershire at Lord's in 1900. Vanderbyl batted once in the match, scoring 38 runs before he was dismissed by R. E. Foster in the MCC first innings. Soon after this match he served in South Africa in the Second Boer War. Vanderbyl was a keen traveller and took part in big-game hunts during his travels. He was elected a fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906. Vanderbyl later served in the First World War with the Royal Garrison Artillery, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1914. He transferred to the Warwick Royal Horse Artillery in June 1915, being granted the temporary rank of captain; by June 1916, he had been promoted to the full rank. Vanderbyl died in Egypt at Cairo in March 1930.

References

^ Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 275.
"First-Class Matches played by Philip Vanderbyl". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
"Marylebone Cricket Club v Worcestershire, 1900". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
A List of the Fellows. William Clowes and Sons, Limited. 1926. p. 183.
"No. 28979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1914. p. 9507.
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