Philip MacDonnell Sanderson (14 March 1884 — 7 September 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.

Philip Sanderson
Personal information
Full name
Philip MacDonnell Sanderson
Born14 March 1884
Elstree, Hertfordshire, England
Died7 September 1957(1957-09-07) (aged 73)
Tenterden, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905/06–1920/21Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 9
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5*
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 November 2022

The eleventh of thirteen children of The Reverend Lancelot Sanderson and his wife, Katherine, he was born at Elstree in March 1884.[1] Sanderson was educated at Malvern College, before matriculating to King's College, Cambridge.[2] After graduating, he went to British India where he was a merchant.[1] While in India, Sanderson played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team in the 1905–06 Bombay Presidency Match against the Hindus at Bombay.[3] Sanderson served in the First World War, being commissioned as a lieutenant in September 1914 and later joining the Worcestershire Regiment.[4] He sailed to take part in the Gallipoli campaign in July 1915, gaining the rank of captain during the campaign.[1] Having survived the ill-fated allied campaign, Sanderson married Eileen Rendall in January 1917.[5]

Following the war, he returned to British India as a merchant. There he played a further first-class match for the Europeans against the Parsees in the 1920–21 Bombay Quadrangular Tournament at Bombay.[3] In his two first-class matches, he scored 9 runs with a highest score of 5 not out.[6] Sanderson had returned to England by 1939, where he was resident at Brockley Hill at Hertfordshire, and was a wine merchant managing director.[1] He died in September 1957 at Tenterden, Kent. He was survived by his wife, who died 22 years later.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Philip MacDonnell SANDERSON (1884-1957)". www.badseysociety.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ Heberden, Charles Buller (1905). The Malvern Register, 1865-1904. Malvern Advertiser. p. 377.
  3. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Philip Sanderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ "No. 28901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1914. p. 7285.
  5. ^ Great rollright. Banbury Advertiser. 11 January 1917. p. 8
  6. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Philip Sanderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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