Christian Tindall CIE (18 May 1878 – 13 April 1951) was an English officer in the Indian Civil Service and first-class cricketer.

Christian Tindall
Personal information
Full name
Christian Tindall
Born18 May 1878
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Died13 April 1951(1951-04-13) (aged 72)
Littleham, Devon, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904London County
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 10
Batting average 10.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2021

The son of John Tindall, he was born at Leighton Buzzard in May 1878.[1] Tindall joined the civil service in October 1902,[2] later being appointed to the Indian Civil Service in British India, where he rose in rank to become to secretary to the Government of Bengal. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[3] A keen cricketer, Tindall played first-class cricket in 1904 for London County, captained by W. G. Grace, in one match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[4] Batting twice in the match, he ended the London County first innings unbeaten on 9, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by John Hopley.[5] In later life he took an interest in the Codex Sinaiticus, publishing research on the subject.[6] Toward the end of his life he was resident in Exeter with his wife, Elsie.[1] Elsie was killed in the Second World War during an air raid on the city in 1943.[7] Tindall lived out his final years in the Devon village of Littleham, where he died in April 1951.

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Ruxton, Ian, ed. (2019). The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1906-1911. Lulu.com. p. 30. ISBN 9780359872138.
  2. ^ "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 21 October 1902. p. 6654.
  3. ^ "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 109.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Christian Tindall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Cambridge University v London County, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ Cresswell, Peter (2013). The Invention of Jesus: How the Church Rewrote the New Testament. Watkins Books. p. 225. ISBN 9781780286211.
  7. ^ Summer, Stephen (19 September 2017). "Remembering the only Sidmouth woman who died in WW1". Sidmouth Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
edit