Adolphus James Sparrow (10 May 1869 — 6 September 1936) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy sailor.
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| Full name | Adolphus James Sparrow | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1869 Alverstoke, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1936 (aged 67) Minster, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1902 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Sparrow was born in May 1869 at Alverstoke, Hampshire. Sparrow was a bandsman in the Royal Navy, serving on board HMS Immortalité at Sheerness Dockyard.[1] He later played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making a single appearance against Leicestershire at Southampton in the 1902 County Championship.[2] Batting once in the match, he made a single run in Hampshire's only innings from the middle order, before being dismissed by John King.[3] Sparrow remained in Sheerness after leaving the navy, and would be resident there for thirty years. He died in hospital at Minster in September 1936.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Fatal officialism". Portsmouth Evening News. 9 May 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Adolphus Sparrow". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Hampshire v Leicestershire, County Championship 1902". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Death of naval pensioner". Sheerness Times Guardian. 10 September 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.