Philip Vanderbyl (cricketer)

Philip Breda Vanderbyl (11 November 1867 – 20 March 1930) was an English first-class cricketer, traveller, hunter and soldier.

Philip Vanderbyl
Personal information
Full name
Philip Breda Vanderbyl
Born11 November 1867
Kensington, Middlesex, England
Died20 March 1930(1930-03-20) (aged 62)
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1900Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 38
Batting average 38.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 38
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2021

The son of the politician Philip Vanderbyl, he was born at Kensington in November 1867. He later studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and played one first-class match for the club against Worcestershire at Lord's in 1900.[2] Vanderbyl batted once in the match, scoring 38 runs before he was dismissed by R. E. Foster in the MCC first innings.[3] Soon after this match he served in South Africa in the Second Boer War.[1] Vanderbyl was a keen traveller and took part in big-game hunts during his travels.[1] He was elected a fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906.[4] Vanderbyl later served in the First World War with the Royal Garrison Artillery, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1914.[5] He transferred to the Warwick Royal Horse Artillery in June 1915, being granted the temporary rank of captain;[6] by June 1916, he had been promoted to the full rank.[7] Vanderbyl died in Egypt at Cairo in March 1930.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 275.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Philip Vanderbyl". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Worcestershire, 1900". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ A List of the Fellows. William Clowes and Sons, Limited. 1926. p. 183.
  5. ^ "No. 28979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1914. p. 9507.
  6. ^ "No. 29201". The London Gazette. 22 June 1915. p. 6029.
  7. ^ "No. 29636". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1916. p. 6230.

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