Duncan Pocklington (18 June 1841 – 1 June 1870) was an English first-class cricketer and Anglican clergyman.
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| Full name | Duncan Pocklington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1841 Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 June 1870 (aged 28) Pimlico, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The son of Roger Pocklington, he was born in June 1841 at Walesby, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford, was a member of the Oxford University Boat Club and was a member of the winning Oxford crew in the 1864 Boat Race.[2] Although Pocklington did not feature in first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, he did play for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Nottingham in 1862,[3] where he scored 27 runs and took 2 wickets in the match.[4] After graduating from Oxford, Pocklington took holy orders, becoming the curate of Tithby in Nottinghamshire until his death in June 1870 at Pimlico.[2] His grandmother was Jane Addison, who was the first woman in the United Kingdom to petition a divorce (with the ability to remarry) against her husband through an Act of Parliament and to do so with success.
References
edit- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Norman, Philip (1897). Scores and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 158.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Duncan Pocklington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South, 1862". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2019.