Percival Partridge
Personal information
Full name
Percival Walter Partridge
Born27 August 1879
Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Died12 July 1964(1964-07-12) (aged 84)
Esher, Surrey, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898–1901Norfolk
1916/17–1920/21Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 85
Batting average 14.16
100s/50s –/–
Top score 42
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2022

Percival Walter Partridge (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.

Partridge was born in August 1879 at Witney, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Felsted School.[1] Partridge played minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1898 to 1901, making 19 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in Madras. A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the cricket pavilion of the Madras Cricket Club Ground during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion.[3] Partridge played first-class cricket in Madras on three occasions for the Europeans cricket team, all against the Indians in the Madras Presidency Matches between 1917 and 1920.[4] He scored 85 runs in his three matches, at an average of 14.16, with a highest score of 42.[5] He additional stood as an umpire in one Madras Presidency Match in 1927.[6] Retiring to England, Partridge died at Esher in July 1964.

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1899). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 7. p. 164.
  2. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Percival Partridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Dhole, Pradip. "Sir Robert Daniel Richmond: The Jamaica-born Scottish who played first Madras Presidency Match". www.cricketcountry.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Percival Partridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Percival Partridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Percival Partridge as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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