William Cecil Russell (25 April 1866 — 9 May 1928) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer and barrister.
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| Full name | William Cecil Russell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1866 Rokewood, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1928 (aged 62) Etchingham, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1898 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Thomas Russell and his Australia wife, Louisa, he was born in Australia in April 1866 at Rokewood, Victoria. He was educated in England at Eton College,[1] before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Russell gained membership of the Inner Temple in April 1893, being one of the 72 successful applicants from a field of 110 candidates.[3] He was called to the bar in June 1893, where he practiced as a barrister on the South-Eastern Circuit.[2] Russell later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Huddersfield in the 1898 County Championship.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in Hampshire's first innings by Ted Wainwright, while following-on in their second innings he was promoted to open the batting alongside Charles Robson (who had also been promoted to open the innings), being dismissed for 5 runs by Wilfred Rhodes.[5] He later served in the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Sussex Volunteer Regiment in October 1916, having previously volunteered with the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers and the Inns of Court Volunteer Rifles.[6] Russell died in May 1928 at Haremere Hall near Etchingham, Sussex;[7] he had married Eileen Ella Delamain in January 1923 at the Savoy Chapel.[8]
References
edit- ^ Eton College Register 1883–1889. Vol. 5. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co. 1908. p. 33.
- ^ a b Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 12.
- ^ "Etchingham". Sussex Agricultural Express. Lewes. 14 April 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Russell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Hampshire, County Championship 1898". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "No. 29795". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 1916. p. 10238.
- ^ "Latest wills". London Daily Chronicle. 30 August 1928. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The marriage of". Hastings & St Leonards Observer. Hastings. 20 January 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.