George Amelius Crawshay Sandeman (18 April 1882 — 26 April 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | George Amelius Crawshay Sandeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1882 Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 April 1915 (aged 33) Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1913 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Lieutenant Colonel George Glas Sandeman (of the Sandeman wine merchants) and his wife, Amy, he was born at Westminster in April 1882.[1] He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team (heading the bowling averages in 1902)[2] and won the Eton Fives doubles alongside Evelyn Rawlins.[3] At Eton, he was the subject of a painting by the artist Charles Martin Hardie expressing his bowling action.[1] From there, he matriculated to Christ Church, Oxford in 1902.[3] He was selected for the freshman cricket match at Oxford, but never represented Oxford University Cricket Club in first-class cricket.[2] He completed his degree in 1907, and was called to the bar as a member of the Inner Temple to practice as a barrister in 1913.[1] Following his father's death in 1905, Sandeman inherited his Fonab estate in Scotland and became a partner in the family wine merchant business.[2] Sandeman had an interest in history, authoring two books: Calais under English Rule (1908), which was adapted from an essay which had won the Arnold Prize earlier the same year, and Metternich (1911), a biography of the famous Austrian statesman.
Sandeman later made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Nottinghamshire at Southampton in the 1913 County Championship, with him making a further two appearances in 1913 against Sussex and Kent. The following season, he made three further first-class appearances: one for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University, and two for the Free Foresters against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[4] In six first-class matches, he took 5 wickets with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling at an average of 48.40, with best figures of 2 for 73.[5] Sandeman served in the First World War with the Royal Hampshire Regiment; he had gained a commission as a second lieutenant in the regiment in December 1903,[6] with promotions to lieutenant following in September 1905,[7] and captain in June 1908.[8] During the war, he travelled with the 1st Battalion to the Western Front. He was killed in action at Zonnebeke on 26 April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres.[1] He has no grave, but is commemorated at the Menin Gate.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. 71–2. ISBN 978-1473864191.
- ^ a b c d Renshaw, Andrew (8 May 2014). Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918. A & C Black. p. 176. ISBN 978-1408832363.
- ^ a b Eton College Register 1889–1898. Eton: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. 1910. p. 125.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Sandeman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Player profile: George Sandeman". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "No. 27627". The London Gazette. 18 December 1903. p. 8340.
- ^ "No. 27833". The London Gazette. 5 September 1905. p. 6061.
- ^ "No. 28162". The London Gazette. 28 July 1908. p. 5536.