Thomas Battersbee (1791 – 20 July 1865) was a schoolmaster and English cricketer who played a single match for a Kent side in 1822. He was born in Beddington and died in Nunhead.[1][2]

Battersbee made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1822 season, against Marylebone Cricket Club. From the tailend, he scored 13 not out in an innings victory for the team.[3] Carlaw notes Battersbee was almost certainly the substitute to replace John Willes who had walked off the pitch "in high dudgeon" after being no-balled for roundarm bowling.[4]

The Chislehurst Society note that the Chislehurst Academy was on Heathfield Lane on a site latterly occupied by a house of the name of Furzefield. The institution passed through the hands of a Mr. Mace and a Mr. Wyburn before passing to Battersbee[5] and in the 1851 Census of Bromley, Battersbee is listed as a 60-year old School Master living at the school.[6]

Battersbee was also noted for his role as a churchwarden.[5] When he died on 20 July 1865 aged 75 at Peckham in Surrey he was described as a Schoolmaster.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Battersbee". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Battersbee". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent in 1822". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Carlaw, Derek (2020). "Kent County Cricketers A to Z Part One: 1806-1914" (PDF). The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Furzefield". The Chislehurst society. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ↑ 1851 Census, National Archives H.O.107/1606, Thomas Battersbee, aged 60, occupation School Master
  7. ↑ "Probate - Wills 1865". Retrieved 28 May 2019.


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