Duncan Pocklington

Duncan Pocklington (18 June 1841 – 1 June 1870) was an English first-class cricketer and Anglican clergyman.

Duncan Pocklington

Personal information
Full name	Duncan Pocklington
Born	18 June 1841 Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	1 June 1870 (aged 28) Pimlico, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 27 Batting average 27.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 24* Balls bowled 166 Wickets 2 Bowling average 30.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/44 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2019

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

1. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 509.
2. Norman, Philip (1897). Scores and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 158.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Duncan Pocklington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
4. "Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South, 1862". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links

• Duncan Pocklington at ESPNcricinfo