Stanley George Ulick Considine (11 August 1901 – 31 August 1950) was a first-class cricketer who played as an amateur for Somerset in the 1920s. He was born at Bilaspur in British India.
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| Full name | Stanley George Ulick Considine | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1901 Bilaspur, Punjab Province, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 August 1950 (aged 49) Bath, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1919–1935 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 8 August 1919 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 5 July 1935 Somerset v South Africans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Considine was also a rugby union player, appearing at stand-off half for Bath, Somerset and, once, for England in France in 1925, though in his one international appearance he played on the wing.[1] He was badly injured in that match and, according to one report, his enthusiasm for sport of all kinds diminished after that.[2]
Educated at Blundell's School, Considine first played cricket for Somerset in 1919, and in 1921 and 1922 was a regular member of the side as a right-handed middle order batsman and a fine cover fielder. His one century was an unbeaten 130 in the match against Worcestershire at Taunton in July 1921.[3] His best season was 1922, when he scored 973 runs and came third in Somerset's batting averages.[4] Wisden wrote of him: "He is so young that if he can spare time to keep up the game he ought to have a bright future."[5]
Considine's appearances became less frequent and after the mid-1920s he rarely played though his final match was not until 1935. He was a solicitor in Bath, like several other Somerset amateurs of the time, such as Reggie Ingle and Bunty Longrigg. In the Second World War he was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force.[6] He died at Bath, Somerset in 1950.
References edit
- ^ "France v England 1925". scrum.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ David Foot. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David & Charles, Newton Abbot. p. 101. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Worcestershire". CricketArchive. 13 July 1921. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in each Season by Ulick Considine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Somerset Matches, 1922". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1923 ed.). Wisden. p. 232.
- ^ Wisden 1951, p. 919.