Eliot Albert Cross Druce (20 June 1876 – 24 October 1934) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1897 and 1913. He was born at Weybridge in Surrey, the son of Albert Druce, and grew up at Thornhill in Sevenoaks in Kent.[1]
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| Full name | Eliot Albert Cross Druce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1876 Weybridge, Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 October 1934 (aged 58) Brompton, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frank Druce (cousin) Walter Druce (cousin) George Druce (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1897–1898 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1898–1900 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 23 March 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education edit
Druce attended The Beacon, now called New Beacon, in Sevenoaks, Marlborough School and then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1895. He took a law degree, graduating in 1898 and becoming a solicitor in 1901. He was later employed in the offices of the Duchy of Lancaster.[1]
Cricketing career edit
Druce did not play for the Marlborough cricket team but made his first-class cricket debut for Cambridge University against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1897.[2] He played a total of three matches for the university and was awarded a hockey Blue in 1898.[3]
He played one match for MCC against Cambridge in 1898, before making an appearance for Kent County Cricket Club in the 1898 County Championship against Sussex at Catford. He played twice more for Kent in the 1900 County Championship and over a decade later he made three first-class appearances for Free Foresters in matches against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[2] Druce also played a number of non-first-class matches for Kent Second XI, MCC and Fee Foresters, appearing as late as 1925 for MCC.[2][4]
Later life edit
Druce married Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of Sir Charles Swann on 16 September 1913. He died suddenly at Brompton, London in October 1934 aged 58.[1] His cousin Frank Druce played Test cricket for England, while another cousin Walter Druce and his uncle George Druce both played first-class cricket.[2]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c Venn J, Venn JA (1954) Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900 vol.2, pt.2, p.341. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Available online. Retrieved 2017-05-30).
- ^ a b c d Eliot Druce, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ Druce, Eliot Albert Cross, Obituaries in 1934, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1935. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 151–152. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)