Alfred Seymour JP (16 February 1843 — 31 January 1897) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Alfred Seymour | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1843 Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 January 1897 (aged 53) Folkestone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
| 1870 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
The third son of the diplomat Sir George Hamilton Seymour and his wife, Gertrude, he was born in Belgium at Brussels in February 1843. He was educated at Rugby School, although he did not represent the college cricket team.[1] Following his education, Seymour enlisted into the 10th Foot by purchasing the rank of ensign in June 1861,[2] before transferring to the 16th Foot the following month.[3] In October of the same year, he transferred again, to the Rifle Brigade.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant in February 1866,[5] and transferred to the 35th Foot in November 1868.[6] He retired from military service in November 1869.[7]
Shortly before his retirement from the army, Seymour made his debut in first-class cricket for Lancashire against Sussex at Hove in August 1869. The following year, he made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford.[8] He scored 47 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 25.[9] In the early 1870s, he spent two years living in Canada in Toronto.[10] In later life, he was a justice of the peace for Hampshire. Seymour died at Folkestone in January 1897.[11]
References
edit- ^ Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. Rugby: A. J. Lawrence. p. 157.
- ^ "No. 7125". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 June 1861. p. 743.
- ^ "No. 22530". The London Gazette. 16 July 1861. p. 2981.
- ^ "No. 22554". The London Gazette. 8 October 1861. p. 3982.
- ^ "No. 23067". The London Gazette. 6 February 1866. p. 714.
- ^ "No. 23438". The London Gazette. 6 November 1868. p. 5749.
- ^ "No. 23553". The London Gazette. 9 November 1869. p. 5977.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Alfred Seymour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Player profile: Alfred Seymour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Deaths". Toronto Saturday Knight. Toronto. 20 February 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Deaths". Folkestone Express, Sandgate, Shorncliffe & Hythe Advertiser. Folkestone. 6 February 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.