My husband's grandfather, Edward BEAUCHAMP of Hale, Hants, is believed to have played cricket for Hampshire; is there any way I can check this up, please? The date would probably be before WWI when he was in his twenties. He would have been a 'player', not a 'gentleman'. Marion Hall
Hi Marion, Your best bet is to find a copy Wisden Cricketers Almanack for one of the years that he might have played for them. Contact the Hampshire County Cricket Club. They are sure to have a web site. Might be worth seeing if there are any cricketing buffs in the current family or amongst your friends./ HTH - Anthony ---- marion <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband's grandfather, Edward BEAUCHAMP of Hale, Hants, is > believed to have played cricket for Hampshire; is there any way I can > check this up, please? The date would probably be before WWI when he > was in his twenties. He would have been a 'player', not a 'gentleman'. > > Marion Hall > For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at www.knightroots.co.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On 12/02/2008, marion <[email protected]> wrote: > > My husband's grandfather, Edward BEAUCHAMP of Hale, Hants, is > believed to have played cricket for Hampshire; is there any way I can > check this up, please? The date would probably be before WWI when he > was in his twenties. Marion, I've had a quick look at the Cricket Archive website (www.cricketarchive.com) - and didn't find anything there for a BEAUCHAMP playing for Hampshire. Doesn't mean he didn't, but nothing listed there. Karen
This means he definitely did not play first-class i.e. "county cricket" for Hants (or any other county). He could have played at a minor level or perhaps just had a trial for the county. Francis NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lynn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [HAM] county cricket > On 12/02/2008, marion <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My husband's grandfather, Edward BEAUCHAMP of Hale, Hants, is >> believed to have played cricket for Hampshire; is there any way I can >> check this up, please? The date would probably be before WWI when he >> was in his twenties. > > > Marion, > > I've had a quick look at the Cricket Archive website > (www.cricketarchive.com) > - and didn't find anything there for a BEAUCHAMP playing for Hampshire. > Doesn't mean he didn't, but nothing listed there. > > Karen > For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at > www.knightroots.co.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2872 (20080213) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >