Dermot Blundell

Dermot Blundell
Personal information
Full name
Dermot Howard Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell
Born27 February 1874
Mayfair, Middlesex, England
Died26 October 1910(1910-10-26) (aged 36)
Kensington, London, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsGerald Ward (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1904Berkshire
1902Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 45
Batting average 45.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 45
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2019

Dermot Howard Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell MVO (27 February 1874 – 26 October 1910) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. He served in the Second Boer War and played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Early life and military career

The son of Major-General Richard Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell and his wife, Henrietta Frances Kirwan,[1] he was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, where he played for the college cricket team in 1890 and 1891.[2] After graduating from the Royal Military College in April 1894, he entered into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment.[3]

By July 1897, he was serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, with promotion to lieutenant coming in that month.[4] Blundell was appointed as a member of the Royal Victorian Order in November 1900.[5] He served during the Second Boer War.[6] In May 1903, he was an acting captain serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Grenfell.[7] He was promoted permanently to the rank of captain in December 1905.[8] He was promoted to brigade major in February 1907.[9]

Cricket and personal life

He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Berkshire in their first ever Minor Counties Championship, played in 1895 against Hertfordshire.[10] His military career limited his appearances for Berkshire in minor counties cricket, with him making ten appearances up to 1904.[10] He did make one appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's in 1902.[11] Batting once during the match, he scored 45 runs in the MCC first-innings before being dismissed by Thomas Marlow.[12]

He married Eugenie Sybil Ward in June 1901, with the couple having one son.[1] Blundell died at Kensington in October 1910.[13] His brother-in-law, Gerald Ward, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile: Captain Dermot Howard Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Teams Dermot Blundell played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 26504". The London Gazette. 17 April 1894.
  4. ^ "No. 26872". The London Gazette. 13 July 1897.
  5. ^ "No. 27253". The London Gazette. 4 December 1900.
  6. ^ Roberts Roberts, Earl Frederick Sleigh (2000). Lord Roberts and the War in South Africa, 1899–1902. Sutton. p. 296. ISBN 0750925558.
  7. ^ "No. 27548". The London Gazette. 1 May 1903.
  8. ^ "No. 27861". The London Gazette. 8 December 1905.
  9. ^ "No. 27997". The London Gazette. 19 February 1907.
  10. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dermot Blundell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  11. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Dermot Blundell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Leicestershire, 1902". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  13. ^ "No. 28437". The London Gazette. 15 November 1910.