Stanley Herbert Hicks Pearce (21 September 1863 – 5 May 1929) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Stanley Herbert Hicks Pearce | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1863 Totton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 April 1929 (aged 65) Oswestry, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Henry Stanley Pearce, he was born at Totton in September 1863. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before matriculating to Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] Pearce was commissioned into the British Army as a lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Regiment in April 1885,[3] before resigning his commission in February 1886.[4] Pearce made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Taunton in 1885.[5] Opening the batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 18 runs by E. W. Bastard, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by John Challen.[6] Pearce died at Oswestry in May 1929 and was buried at Oswestry Cemetery.[7]
References
edit- ^ Dauglish, M. G.; Wainewright, John Bannerman (1907). Winchester College, 1836–1906: A Register. Winchester: P. and G. Wells. p. 353.
- ^ Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 61.
- ^ Commissions. Army and Navy Gazette. 9 May 1885. p. 24
- ^ "No. 25561". The London Gazette. 23 February 1886. p. 852.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Stanley Pearce". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Hampshire v Somerset, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Pearce, Stanley Herbert Hicks". www.oswestrycemeteryproject.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2022.