Minor Counties Players War Deaths

COX; Norman John [Hertfordshire 1912-1914] b Stroud Green, Middlesex 1888 d Mons, Belgium 23.8.1915. Brother of DL Cox [Hertfordshire]. Clerk. Lieutenant 7 th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Bat 8-10-1-163-33-18.11 ct 7 Bowl 655-34-19.26-7/86-2-0 CRAGG; William Allen [Cheshire 1913] b Levenshulme, Lancashire 30.7.1884 d Gosport, Hampshire 21.10.1918. WK. Brother of JS Cragg [Lancashire, Cheshire and Lancashire 2 nd XI]. Great Uncle of JRA Cragg [Cambridge University and Cheshire]. Buyer and Salesman. Lieutenant HMS Victory Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Bat 3-5-0-44-23-8.80 CRAWFORD; Alexander Basil [Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 1909-1910] b Coleshill, Warwickshire 24.5.1891 d Laventie, Pas-de-Calais, France 10.5.1916. RHB, RFM. FC: Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. 2 ND : Warwickshire. Solicitor. Captain 17 th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment [Prince of Wales's Own]. Bat 4-7-0-63-31-9.00 Bowl 51-1-51.00-1/8 CROCKETT: Lawrence Charles [Northamptonshire 1901, Cheshire 1910] b Northampton 10.4.1881 d Gimingham, Norfolk 17.10.1918. LHB. Dentist. Captain [Dental Surgeon] Special List attached Royal Army Medical Corps. Northamptonshire: Bat 4-4-0-4-4-1.00 ct 2 Bowl 44-2-22.00-2/31 Cheshire: Bat 1-2-2-2-2*-no av Bowl 14-0 CUMMINS; Herbert Charles Bruce [Staffordshire 1898-1901, Dorset 1908-1913] b Hedenham, Norfolk 7.8.1876 d near Nieppe, Nord, France 7.5.1916. RHB, RF. Rugby Union [Hampshire]. Assistant Schoolmaster. Captain 9 th [Pioneer] Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. Dorset: Bat 38-66-7-1007-85-17.06-0-2 ct 16 Bowl 2228-130-[+5]-17.13-6/27-5-0 Staffordshire: Bat 9-17-3-203-48-14.50 ct 4 Bowl 713-23-31.00-5/64-1-0 CUTHBERTSON; Edward Hedley [Hertfordshire 1906-1913] b Stoke Newington, Middlesex 15.12.1887 d Al Amarah, Mesopotamia 24.7.1917. LHB, WK. FC: Cambridge University and MCC. Brother of GB Cuthbertson [Cambridge University, Sussex, MCC, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Free Foresters and Hertfordshire]. Stockbroker. Lieutenant 9 th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Bat 25-40-4-36-34-10.00 ct 30 st 6 DAVIES; Alun Edwards [Lincolnshire 1913] b Merton, Surrey 1886 d Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France 28.5.1918. RHB. Solicitor. Second Lieutenant 12 th /13 th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-4-4-2.00 DAVIES; John [Cornwall 1908-1914] b Camborne, Cornwall 4.11.1883 d Coxyde, Belgium 19.8.1917. Private 1 st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Bat 16-30-5-318-65*-12.72-0-1 ct 4 Bowl 264-11-24.00-4/35 DAY; Francis Thomas Pressland [Bedfordshire 1910] b Roxton, Bedfordshire 10.12.1890 d Pas-de-Calais, France 25.5.1918. Son of J Day [Huntingdonshire]. Solicitor’s Articled Clerk. Captain 15 th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment [Prince of Wales’s Own]. Bat 1-2-0-2-2-1.00 DE HOGHTON; Vere [Lincolnshire 1910] b North Thoresby, Lincolnshire 6.3.1882 d Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy- les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France between 11.10.1915 and 13.10.1915. Other: Straits Settlements. Captain and Adjutant 1 st & 5 th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-0-6-6-3.00 DICKINSON; Guy Richard Worstenholme [Oxfordshire 1899-1906] b Castleford, Yorkshire 31.8.1877 d Ypres, Belgium 6.11.1917. Football [Oxford City]. Schoolmaster. Private 27 th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Bat 14-22-3-374-116-19.68-1-1 ct 6 Bowl 1-0 DODD; Ernest John [Hertfordshire 1913] b Belgrave, Middlesex 1892 d West Flanders, Belgium 17.7.1917. Football [Luton Town]. Lieutenant C Battery 117 th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Bat 3-3-1-4-3-2.00 ct 5 Bowl 123-2-61.50-1/34 DOLL; Philip Walter Randolph [Hertfordshire 1908] b St Pancras, Middlesex 28.5.1890 d Ypres, Belgium 31.10.1914. Brother of CCT Doll [MCC, Cambridge University and Hertfordshire] and MHC Doll [MCC, Cambridge University, Middlesex, PF Warner’s XI, Demobilised Officers and Hertfordshire]. Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer 1 st /8 th Battalion The King's [Liverpool Regiment]. Bat 1-1-0-0-0-0.00 DRIFFIELD; Herbert George [Northamptonshire 1902] b Old, Northamptonshire 9.6.1882 d Poperinghe, Belgium 1.8.1917. Other: Cambridge University. Brother of LT Driffield [Cambridge University, Northamptonshire and Minor Counties]. Second Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion London Regiment [Royal Fusiliers] attached 10 th Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 1-1-1-0-0*-no av Bowl 44-1-44.00-1/44 DRIVER; Percy Scott [Suffolk 1913-1914] b Malton, Yorkshire 21.12.1893 d in aerial combat over Amiens, Picardy, France 26.3.1918. Lieutenant 27 th Squadron Royal Flying Corps and Army Service Corps. Bat 4-8-0-98-61-12.25-0-1 Bowl 230-9-25.55-4/50 DUNHAM; Horace George [Bedfordshire 1914] b Luton, Bedfordshire 18.9.1892 d Somme, France 13.11.1916. RF. Assistant Baker. Private 24 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-1-3-3-3.00 Bowl 19-0