Reginald Sinclair
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| Full name | Reginald Leahy Sinclair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1874 Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1928 (aged 53) Ditchling, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1893/94–1903/04 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902/03 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reginald Leahy Sinclair JP (20 April 1874 — 23 March 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service.
The son of George Sinclair, a surgeon,[1] he was born in British India at Kolhapur in April 1874. He was educated in England at Repton School, where he played for the school cricket team.[2] After completing his education, he proceeded to India where he was an assistant collector of salt revenues and a justice of the peace. He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for work during the Indian famine of 1899–1900.[2] While in India, Sinclair played first-class cricket from 1893 to 1903 on fourteen occasions, thirteen of which came for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Match, with a further appearance for Bombay against the touring Oxford University Authentics in 1902.[3] A prolific wicket-taker, Sinclair took 64 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 11.23, taking a five wicket haul on three occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.[4] His best innings figures of 6 for 34 against the Parsees in August 1895, a match which saw him taking match figures of 11 for 77.[5] Playing as a lower order batsman, he scored 88 runs at a batting average of 6.28. His highest score with the bat was 45, which came for Bombay; his next highest score was 14 for the Europeans.[6] Sinclair later retired to England, where he died in March 1928 at Ditchling, Sussex.
References[edit]
- ^ Marriages. The Gentlewoman. 6 May 1905. p. 67.
- ^ a b Repton School Register 1557-1910. A. J. Lawrence. 1910. p. 329.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1895/96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.