John Percival (cricketer)

John Douglas Percival (5 August 1902 – 5 March 1983) was an English cricketer who featured as a right-hand batsman in three first-class cricket matches between 1922 and 1923; one match saw him represent Gloucestershire, in the other two he batted for Oxford University.[1][2] Outside of first-class cricket, he represented numerous clubs and teams including Radley College and Westminster School while a student there, and played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930. During the Second World War he played for the Royal Army Service Corps.[3] Born in Kensington, he died in Roehampton.[1]

John Percival
Personal information
Full nameJohn Douglas Percival
Born(1902-08-05)5 August 1902
Kensington, London
Died5 March 1983(1983-03-05) (aged 80)
Roehampton, London
BattingRight-hand bat
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922–1923Gloucestershire
1922–1923Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 3
Runs scored 38
Batting average 6.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Balls bowled 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricInfo, 3 March

Playing career

Early matches

Percival's earliest recorded matches took place in June 1918, where he batted for Radley College.[4] He played twice for the college that month, scoring four in the first game against Westminster School but remaining unbeaten on 63 in the second against Bradfield College.[5][6] A year later, in May 1919, he was playing for Westminster School against various other schools in England. He scored 62 against the Household Brigade that month,[7] and over the next year played against various schools across England.[4] In June 1919 he scored 78 against Tonbridge School,[8] and in July 1920 he hit 56 while opening the batting against Charterhouse School.[9]

On 2 August 1920, he represented 'The Rest' at a match at Lord's against a Lord's School XI. The game, which lasted over two days, saw Percival score 23 and 32 opening the batting. The match was a rain-affected draw, with Lord's School being largely dismantled by a nine-wicket haul for Edward Hewetson.[10] Percival played a combined British Army XI at Lord's the next day, but only scored zero and seven.[11]

The following summer Percival began in May with 86 against Sherborne School,[12] followed by 58 against Charterhouse on 9 July.[13] On 1 August he again revisited Lord's to face Lord's Schools but could only score three and seven.[14]

Oxford

In 1922 Percival left Westminster School and entered The Queen's College, Oxford. His first match for the University was his first-class debut, and came on 10 May at the University's cricket ground, where he opened the batting against Hampshire. He scored one and 17 – the latter his career best – as Oxford were defeated by 139 runs.[15] Ten days later on 20 May he played against the Free Foresters Cricket Club at Oxford, scoring ten and zero.[16] He played one more first-class match on 23 May 1923, this time representing Gloucestershire against Oxford. He scored zero in the first innings, and made ten in the second.[17] He scored only 38 runs from his three first-class matches in total, at a batting average of only 6.33.[2]

Later cricket

Percival settled in Kenya in the later half of the 1920s. In October 1928 he played a 'Officials v Settlers' match in Nairobi, where he represented the Settlers, scoring nine and 21.[18] The sides played again eleven months later, with Percival making four and 33.[19] He then returned to England and was invited to play for the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's against 'Indian Gymkhana' on 25 July 1930. However, he was not required to bat.[20] Due to his time in Kenya, he opened the batting for the Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club – a Nairobi cricket club – during their tour of England in 1931, playing in three matches.[4] On the outbreak of the Second World War he represented the Royal Army Service Corps against a team from Aldershot barracks, and he ended his playing days after the war with matches played for 'The Forty Club' at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst through the 1950s.[4]

References
Notes
  1. "Player Profile: John Percival". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. "Player Profile: John Percival". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. "Teams John Percival played for". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. "Miscellaneous Matches played by John Percival". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  5. "Westminster School v Radley College Other matches in England 1918". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  6. "Radley College v Bradfield College Other matches in England 1918". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  7. "Westminster School v Household Brigade Other matches in England 1919". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  8. "Westminster School v Tonbridge School Other matches in England 1919". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  9. "Westminster School v Charterhouse School Other matches in England 1920". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  10. "Lord's Schools v The Rest Other matches in England 1920". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  11. "Army v Public Schools Other matches in England 1920". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  12. "Westminster School v Sherborne School Other matches in England 1921". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  13. "Charterhouse School v Westminster School Other matches in England 1921". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  14. "Lord's Schools v The Rest Other matches in England 1921". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  15. "Oxford University v Hampshire University Match 1922". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  16. "Oxford University v Free Foresters University Match 1922". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  17. "Oxford University v Gloucestershire University Match 1923". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  18. "Officials v Settlers Other matches in Kenya 1928/29". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  19. "Officials v Settlers Other matches in Kenya 1929/30". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  20. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Indian Gymkhana Other matches in England 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
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