Philip Martineau
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| Full name | Philip Hubert Martineau | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1862 St Pancras, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 1944 (aged 81) Sunningdale, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1883 | MCC | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 9 July 1883 MCC v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 30 July 1883 MCC v Somerset | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Sir Philip Hubert Martineau (28 October 1862 – 7 October 1944) was an English solicitor who became President of the Law Society. He was also a cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as a[1] left-arm fast-medium bowler.
Biography
Born in London in 1862,[2] Martineau was educated at Harrow School and played for the cricket team there in 1880 and 1881.[3] He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1884.[4] He became a solicitor and was elected president of the Law Society in 1931-32 and knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours.[4] He married Alice Margaret Vaughan-Williams. Their oldest son was Hubert Martineau. Their second son was Philip Brian (1898 - 1983) who married Eileen Combe, daughter of Richard Combe (great-grandson Harvey Christian Combe) and Lady Constance Augusta (1859-1941), who was the daughter of George Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham).[5][6]
Cricket career
He made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire.[7][2]
Following a minor match against Northumberland in July of that year,[8] he played his second and final first-class match for the MCC against Somerset.
He died in Sunningdale in 1944,[2] survived by his son Hubert, who also played first-class cricket.[9] Two cousins, Alfred and Lionel also played first-class cricket.[10][11]
References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b c CricketArchive profile
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1945, Obituaries
- ^ a b "Martineau, Philip Hubert (MRTN881PH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Martineau, Mrs P. [Philip] (1927). Roumania and Her Rulers. David Mckay company. p. 23. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Mrs. Philip Martineau. " Auntie Mar " always has some treat, some-thing new and delightful, up her sleeve for them ... Eileen Combe, which the Queen had graciously honoured with her presence. Never shall I forget the happiness...
- ^ Burke's Peerage. Burke's Peerage. 1965. p. 158. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
Eileen, b . 2 Aug. 1900 , m . 20 May , 1924 , Cmdr . Brian Martineau , O.B.E. , R.N. ( ret . ) ( Pirton Court , Hitchin , Herts ) , 2nd son of late Sir Philip Martineau ... Lady Mary Esther Constance , only dau . of late Major Hon...[Constance Augusta]...[Eileen Combe was born on 2 August 1900. She is the daughter of Richard Combe and Lady Constance Augusta Conyngham. She married Commander Philip Brian Martineau on 20 May 1924. Her married name became Martineau. Child of Eileen Combe and Commander Philip Brian Martineau. Commander Philip Richard Martineau+1 b. 1926, d. 28 Jan 2010]
- ^ First-class matches played by Philip Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played by Philip Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Hubert Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Alfred Martineau at CricketArchive
- ^ Lionel Martineau at CricketArchive