Christian Doll

Christian Charles Tyler Doll (22 March 1880 – 5 April 1955) was an English first-class cricketer and a prominent architect at the ancient site of Knossos in Crete.

Christian Doll
Personal information
Full nameChristian Charles Tyler Doll
Born22 March 1880
Kensington, London, England
Died5 April 1955(1955-04-05) (aged 75)
Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
RelationsMordaunt Doll (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1900–1904Marylebone Cricket Club
1901Cambridge University
1901–1909Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 27
Runs scored 774
Batting average 21.50
100s/50s 2/1
Top score 224*
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 July 2019

Early life and cricket

The son of the architect Charles Fitzroy Doll and his wife, Emily Francis Tyler, he was born at Kensington in March 1880.[1] He was educated at Charterhouse School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1898.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University in 1900, with Doll making five appearances for the MCC in that season.[3] The following season he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against London County at Crystal Palace.[3] He continued to play first-class cricket for the MCC until 1904, making a total of 28 appearances.[3] He scored 747 runs for the MCC, at an average of 21.97, with a high score of 224 not out.[4] This score, which was one of two centuries he made, came against London County in 1901.[5] In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1901–09, making nineteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]

Architectural career

After graduating from Cambridge in 1901, Doll attended University College London where he studied for architectural diploma. He was present at the British School of Archaeology at Athens in 1904.[7] He was the architect to British excavations at Knossos in Crete, replacing Theodore Fyfe, and was partly responsible for the reconstruction of the grand staircase at the Palace of King Minos, working alongside Arthur Evans.[8][7] He served as the mayor of Holborn in 1951.[7] Doll died in April 1955 at Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. His brother, Mordaunt, also played first-class cricket.

References
  1. "Christian Charles Tyler Doll". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-1108036146.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Christian Doll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Christian Doll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. "London County v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1901". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christian Doll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  7. Shaw, Joseph W. (2015). Elite Minoan Architecture: Its Development at Knossos, Phaistos, and Malia. Institute for Aegean Prehistory Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 9781623033903.
  8. Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0199674985.
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