Sidney Pelham

Sidney Pelham (16 May 1849 – 14 July 1926) was an English first-class cricketer active in 1871 and 1872 who played for Oxford University.[1] He became Archdeacon of Norfolk from 1901 until 1916.[2][3] Pelham was born in Brighton and died in Norwich.[1]

Playing cricket at Oxford, Pelham appeared in seven first-class matches as a slow roundarm bowler who took 21 wickets with a best return of six for 51. He was a lower order right-handed batsman, scoring only 24 runs and he held six catches. In 1868, he had captained the team at Harrow.[1]

The son of John Pelham, Bishop of Norwich from 1857 to 1893,[4] he was educated at Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford.[5] He was ordained Deacon in 1873; and Priest in 1874.[6] He served curacies at Stalbridge and Redenhall. He was Vicar of St Peter Mancroft from 1879 to 1881; then Chaplain to successive Bishops of Norwich from 1891 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[7]

Notes
  1. Sidney Pelham at CricketArchive
  2. Cobbold Family History Trust
  3. Canon Sidney Pelham The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 15, 1926; pg. 21; Issue 44324
  4. Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. p. 475.
  5. "Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster,J (Ed) Vol III p1091 Oxford, Parker & Co,1888
  6. Crockford's 1898 p1050(London, Herbert Cox, 1908
  7. ‘PELHAM, Rev. Sidney’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014


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