Перси Морфи
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| Полное имя | Персиваль Эрнест Морфи | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Рожденный | 2 мая 1886 г. Эшфорд , Кент | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Умер | 12 февраля 1945 г. (58 лет) Дарлингтон , графство Дарем | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ватин | Правша | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Боулинг | Правая рука быстро | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Годы | Команда | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1912 | Кент | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ФК дебют | 16 мая 1910 г. Кент V Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Последний ФК | 18 июля 1912 г. Кент против Южной Африки | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 8 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Персиваль Эрнест Морфи (2 мая 1886 г.-12 февраля 1945 года), известный как Перси Морфи или Пэт Морфи , был английским профессиональным крикетом , который играл в 11 первоклассных матчах для крикетного клуба округа Кент в период с 1910 по 1912 год.
Ранний период жизни
[ редактировать ]Морфи родился в Эшфорде в Кенте в 1886 году, [ 1 ] Сын Джорджа и Кэтрин Морфи. Его отец был публикаком, который стал железнодорожным клерком, а его мать - частным портником по профессии. Морфи последовал за своим отцом и двумя братьями в железнодорожной промышленности, оставив школу, чтобы стать тренером на южной железной дороге в Эшфорде. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Крикет карьера
[ редактировать ]A fast bowler, Morfee joined Kent's Tonbridge Nursery in 1907 and played for the county's Second XI during the same year. When Kent's primary fast bowler Arthur Fielder became ill in 1910, Morfee made his first-class cricket debut for Kent at Lord's against Middlesex, dismissing Middlesex captain and England international Plum Warner for a duck in each innings.[2] A series of good performances in the Second XI and a recurrence of Fielder's illness saw Morfee make four more appearances for the First XI during the season, finishing with 14 wickets.[2]
The 1911 season was less successful, although Morfee took 39 wickets and scored 400 runs, including a century, for the Second XI. He made only five First XI appearances and only one the following season, his last for the county.[2] He was released by Kent after the 1912 season and had spells as professional at a variety of sides in Scotland and in the Lancashire League. He played for Dunfermline and made an appearance for a Scotland side in 1913, and was employed as a professional in the Lancashire League with sides including Nelson, Todmorden and Accrington until 1931 as well as working as a groundsman in the United States in 1922 and 1923.[2][4] As late as 1937 he was employed as the professional at Darlington Cricket Club.[5] Morfee also played football, appearing for his home-town club Ashford United.[6]
Military service
[edit]Morfee enlisted as an air mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps in February 1916. He served in France from at least 1917, including at No. 1 Aircraft Depot at St Omer. Transferring to the Royal Air Force when it was formed in 1918, Morfee was transferred to the RAF Reserve in February 1919 and demobilised in 1920.[3]
Later life
[edit]Morfee married Ann Miller in 1919 at Dunferline and had one son. He worked as a driver and in industry, including as a welder in the chemical industry. He died as the result of a heart attack at Darlington in County Durham in 1945 aged 58.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Percival Morfee, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp.393–395. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Lewis P (2013) For Kent and Country, pp.266–268. Brighton: Reveille Press. ISBN 978-1-908336-63-7
- ^ Teams played for by Pat Morfee, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-12-08. (subscription required)
- ^ Club professionals, Darlington Cricket Club. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Flashback Kent League Winners Souvenir Programme, Ashford Football Club, 1949.