Reginald Lord

Reginald Arthur Lord (29 January 1905 – 10 June 1997) was an English first-class cricketer.

Reginald Lord

Personal information
Full name	Reginald Arthur Lord
Born	29 January 1905 Beckenham, Kent, England
Died	10 June 1997 (aged 92) Willingdon, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1924–1925	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 57 Batting average 9.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 21 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 July 2019

Lord was born at Beckenham in January 1905. He was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to St John's College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Middlesex at Oxford in 1924. He made two further appearances in first-class cricket, making a further appearance for Oxford against the Free Foresters in 1925, before playing against Oxford for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Eastbourne in 1926.[2] He scored 57 runs in his three first-class matches, with a high score of 21.[3] He later served in the Second World War with the Royal Air Force, enlisting as a pilot officer in August 1940.[4] He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in November 1941,[5] while in January 1943 he was made a temporary squadron leader.[6] He resigned his commission nine years after the conclusion of the war, in July 1954, retaining the rank of squadron leader.[7] Following the war, he taught for nearly fifty years at the St Bede's School, Eastbourne. He was still teaching four mornings a week in 1993, when he was 88.[8] He died in June 1997 at Willingdon, Sussex.

References

1. MacNeice, Louis (2014). Letters of Louis MacNeice. Faber & Faber. p. 133. ISBN 9780571263462.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Lord". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
3. "Player profile: Reginald Lord". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
4. "No. 35019". The London Gazette. 20 December 1940. p. 7130.
5. "No. 35319". The London Gazette. 23 December 1941. p. 7255.
6. "No. 35855". The London Gazette. 5 January 1943. p. 223.
7. "No. 40240". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1954. p. 4391.
8. "Wsiden - Obituaries in 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

External links

• Reginald Lord at ESPNcricinfo